wheel synonyms

wheel

n.

  1. A thin, circular body that turns on an axis

    disk, ratchet, ring, hoop, roller, roulette, caster, drum, ferris wheel, wheel trolley, flywheel, cogwheel, steering wheel, sprocket, wheel, chain wheel, water wheel, noria, sakieh.

  2. A two-wheeled vehicle

    bicycle, velocipede, tandem, bike*.

  3. Machinery; often used figuratively

    motive power, dynamo, engine, apparatus, motor, engine, controlling force, instrumentality.

  4. *An important person

    personage, big wheel*, big shot*, V.I.P.*; see celebrity 2.

at the wheel

driving, in control, in charge, running things; see running 1, 2.

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