Synonyms for transportation
ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃəntrans·porta·tion

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1. transportation system, transportation, transitnoun

   a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

   Synonyms:
   shipping, deportation, transfer, conveyance, expatriation, theodolite, transportation system, transit, exile, transferral, fare, transport, passage

2. transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyancenoun

   the act of moving something from one location to another

   Synonyms:
   exaltation, fare, carry-over, transference, imparting, tape transport, transport, impartation, rapture, transit, deportation, shipping, exile, ecstasy, tape drive, transfer of training, transportation system, conveying, transferee, transfer, conveyancing, conveyance of title, transferral, conveyance, raptus, expatriation

3. fare, transportationnoun

   the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

   Synonyms:
   shipping, deportation, menu, transfer, conveyance, expatriation, transportation system, transit, exile, transferral, fare, transport

4. Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoTnoun

   the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

   Synonyms:
   fare, window pane, back breaker, transport, shipping, transit, deportation, pane, exile, loony toons, battery-acid, superman, dose, acid, transportation system, transfer, transferral, conveyance, point, expatriation, dit

5. transportation, shipping, transportnoun

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

   Synonyms:
   exaltation, fare, tape transport, transport, rapture, transit, deportation, shipping, tape drive, exile, merchant vessels, transportation system, cargo ships, transfer, conveyance, transferral, ecstasy, raptus, expatriation, merchant marine

6. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationnoun

   the act of expelling a person from their native land

   "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

   Synonyms:
   fare, expat, emigration, transport, expatriate, shipping, deportation, exile, transportation system, transferral, transfer, out-migration, deportee, conveyance, transit, expatriation

Matched Categories

1. • Banishment
   • Charge
   • Commercial Enterprise
   • Executive Department
   • Movement

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1. List of paraphrases for "transportation":

   transport, carriage, traffic, transports, transporting, transmission, travel, shipping, conveyance, transit, freight, haulage, transfer, shipment

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1. Huang Libin:

   We believe that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and pure electric vehicles will coexist and complement each other for a long time to meet the needs of transportation and people's travel.

2. Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe:

   I have directed Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne to develop a plan for replacing the currently-issued plates as quickly as possible.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   With bipartisan cooperation, the Senate can send a bill to the House quickly so that they can take action as well, the situation for furloughed employees isnt getting any brighter and the crisis at the border isnt improved by show votes. But the Presidents plan is a path toward addressing both issues quickly. The Senate bill also provides $ 12.7 billion in supplemental disaster relief for victims of last years hurricanes in the southeastern U.S. and wildfires in California, among other events. The Senate bill also provides funding for nine of the 15 Cabinet-level departments includingAgriculture, Homeland Security, State, Transportation, Interior and Justice that have not been funded since the partial shutdown began Dec. 22. E-VERIFY EMPLOYEES CAN RETURN TO WORK DESPITE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, DHS SAYS Both houses of Congress are scheduled to be back in session Tuesday, but senators who will be given 24 hours notice ahead of any vote have yet to be recalled to Washington.House Democrats, for theirpart, plan to push ahead with votes on their own legislation to re-open the government and add $ 1 billion for border security including 75 more immigration judges and infrastructure improvements but no funding for the wall. The office of Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., reiterated Monday that Democrats were unwilling to negotiate any border security funding until Trump re-opens the government.

4. Paul Rhode:

   We need a reliable lock and dam infrastructure in order to have reliable river transportation.More than 60 percent of our agricultural exports move on this river, a quarter of the coal we use, a quarter of the petroleum that we use in this country [moves through here.].

5. Steven Mnuchin:

   We are also sanctioning the shipping and transportation companies, and their vessels, that facilitate North Korea’s trade and its deceptive maneuvers.