Synonyms for
Motors
Definition
A motor is a machine that uses energy to make things move.
Synonyms & similar words
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Informal
Literary
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Common collocations
- electric motors
- internal combustion motors
- outboard motors
- DC motors
- AC motors
- brushless motors
- motor vehicle
Word family
Usage note
The word 'motors' can refer to mechanical devices that produce motion or to the drive or energy behind something. In its informal sense, it often implies enthusiasm or ambition.
Example sentences
- The boat's motor is very loud.
- The factory has many motors to power the machines.
- The mechanic fixed the car's motor.
- The airplane's motors helped it take off.
- The blender's motor is very strong.
Quotes
'I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.' - Walt Whitman
'I don't want to be human. I want to see gamma rays, I want to hear X-rays, and I want to smell dark matter. Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to—I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid, limiting spoken language. But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws. And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me.' - John Crichton
'When we learn to harness the power of the mind, we can achieve great things and overcome obstacles that we never thought possible.' - Jonathan Anthony Burkett