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four-wheeler

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -iːlə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A horse-drawn hackney cab with four wheels, as opposed to a hansom or dogcart .

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The local doctor was often seen passing by in a four-wheeler on his way to a house call.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The ranchhands use four-wheelers to move about the ranch, ferrying supplies and patrolling distant fields and pastures.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quad, quad bike

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ATV, all-terrain vehicle, vehicle

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any vehicle with four wheels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Many of the earliest locomotives in the 1830s were four-wheelers; larger models with more axles would come later.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a hackney carriage with four wheels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vierwiel — vehicle with four wheels
  • Bulgarian: четирико́лка (četirikólka) — vehicle with four wheels
  • Dutch: vierwieler — vehicle with four wheels
  • Finnish: nelipyöräinen — vehicle with four wheels
  • Hindi: चौपहिया (cauphiyā) — vehicle with four wheels
  • Icelandic: fjórhjól — vehicle with four wheels
  • Italian: quattroruote — vehicle with four wheels
  • Norwegian: firehjulsvogn — vehicle with four wheels
  • Polish: quad — vehicle with four wheels
  • Polish: wszędołaz — vehicle with four wheels
  • Polish: czterokołowiec — vehicle with four wheels
  • Swedish: fyrhjuling — vehicle with four wheels
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