I will give you a bicycle for your birthday.
Source: tatoeba (16998)
Bicycle
/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/
Synonyms for "bicycle" (46 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (23)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: bike, cycle, bike, bike, bikes.
- Sentence evidence is available for bicycle, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "bicycle".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "bicycle"
Keep "bicycle" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "bicycle" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "bicycle", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "bicycle" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesMore specific
12 entriesbike touringcity bikecommute by bicyclecycle racingcycle to workmountain bikepenny-farthingroad biketime trial bicycletrack bicycletriathlon bicyclevelocipede
Collocations
11 entriesbicycle commuterbicycle helmetbicycle lanebicycle pathbicycle rackbicycle sharingbicycle to workcommute by bicyclecycle to workgo by bicycleride a bicycle
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
306 translations across 160 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fiets noun (vehicle)
Akan
1 entries- basekre noun (vehicle)
Albanian
1 entries- biçikletë noun (vehicle)
Amharic
1 entries- ብስክሌት noun (vehicle)
Arabic
4 entries- بسكلتة noun (vehicle)
- بسكليت noun (vehicle)
- بسكليتة noun (vehicle)
- بسْكليت noun (vehicle)
Armenian
1 entries- հեծանիվ noun (vehicle)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
3 entries- ܒܵܝܸܣܟܸܠ noun (vehicle)
- ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ noun (vehicle)
- ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ ܗܵܘܵܝܬܵܐ noun (vehicle)
Asturian
1 entries- bicicleta noun (vehicle)
Aukan
1 entries- baisigii noun (vehicle)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- düçərxə noun (vehicle)
- dırığın noun (vehicle)
- velosiped noun (vehicle)
- çarx noun (vehicle)
Basque
2 entries- bizikleta noun (vehicle)
- txirrindu noun (vehicle)
Belarusian
2 entries- веласіпе́д noun (vehicle)
- ро́вар noun (vehicle)
Bengali
2 entries- ঠেংগাড়ী noun (vehicle)
- সাইকেল noun (vehicle)
Bouyei
1 entries- danycey noun (vehicle)
Breton
2 entries- bisiklet noun (vehicle)
- marc'h-houarn noun (vehicle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- велосипе́д noun (vehicle)
- колело́ noun (vehicle)
Burmese
2 entries- စက်ဘီး noun (vehicle)
- ဘိုင်စကယ် noun (vehicle)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- біціґель noun (vehicle)
Catalan
1 entries- bicicleta noun (vehicle)
Central Dusun
1 entries- bosikol noun (vehicle)
Central Melanau
1 entries- basikal noun (vehicle)
Chadian Arabic
1 entries- بسكليت noun (vehicle)
Cheyenne
1 entries- amo'a'óvâhtsestôtse noun (vehicle)
Chichewa
1 entries- njinga noun (vehicle)
Chinese
4 entries- чидичәзы noun (vehicle)
- 動輪車 /动轮车 noun (vehicle)
- 單車 /单车 noun (vehicle)
- 孔明車 /孔明车 noun (vehicle)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 單車 /单车 noun (vehicle)
- 腳踏車 /脚踏车 noun (vehicle)
- 腳車 /脚车 noun (vehicle)
- 自行車 /自行车 noun (vehicle)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 單車 /单车 noun (vehicle)
- 腳踏車 /脚踏车 noun (vehicle)
- 自由車 /自由车 noun (vehicle)
- 自行車 /自行车 noun (vehicle)
Cornish
2 entries- deuros noun (vehicle)
- dewros noun (vehicle)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- ayaqmaşina noun (vehicle)
- ayaqmaşna noun (vehicle)
Czech
3 entries- bicykl noun (vehicle)
- jizdní kolo noun (vehicle)
- kolo noun (vehicle)
Danish
1 entries- cykel noun (vehicle)
Dari
2 entries- بَایْسِکِل noun (vehicle)
- بَایْسِیکِل noun (vehicle)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ބައިސްކަލު noun (vehicle)
Dutch
3 entries- fiets noun (vehicle)
- rijwiel noun (vehicle)
- velo noun (vehicle)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- fietse noun (vehicle)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 跤踏車 /跤踏车 noun (vehicle)
Erzya
1 entries- кавточары noun (vehicle)
Esperanto
1 entries- biciklo noun (vehicle)
Estonian
2 entries- jalgratas noun (vehicle)
- ratas noun (vehicle)
Ewe
1 entries- gasɔ noun (vehicle)
Farefare
3 entries- kut-weefo noun (vehicle)
- kutowefo noun (vehicle)
- kutuyeho noun (vehicle)
Faroese
1 entries- súkkla noun (vehicle)
Finnish
4 entries- fillari noun (vehicle)
- polkupyörä noun (vehicle)
- pyörä noun (vehicle)
- velosipedi noun (vehicle)
Flemish
1 entries- velo noun (vehicle)
French
3 entries- bicyclette noun (vehicle)
- vélo noun (vehicle)
- vélocipède noun (vehicle)
Galician
1 entries- bicicleta noun (vehicle)
Georgian
2 entries- ველო noun (vehicle)
- ველოსიპედი noun (vehicle)
German
4 entries- Drahtesel noun (vehicle)
- Fahrrad noun (vehicle)
- Velo noun (vehicle)
- Veloziped noun (vehicle)
Greek
1 entries- ποδήλατο noun (vehicle)
Gujarati
2 entries- પાયગાડી noun (vehicle)
- સાઇકલ noun (vehicle)
Hakka Chinese
3 entries- 腳踏車 /脚踏车 noun (vehicle)
- 自行車 /自行车 noun (vehicle)
- 自轉車 /自转车 noun (vehicle)
Hausa
2 entries- basukur noun (vehicle)
- keke noun (vehicle)
Hebrew
2 entries- אוֹפַנַּיִם noun (vehicle)
- זוּג אוֹפַנַּיִם noun (vehicle)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- bisikleta noun (vehicle)
Hindi
3 entries- पैरगाड़ी noun (vehicle)
- साइकल noun (vehicle)
- साइकिल noun (vehicle)
Hungarian
4 entries- bicaj noun (vehicle)
- bicikli noun (vehicle)
- bringa noun (vehicle)
- canga noun (vehicle)
Iban
1 entries- basikal noun (vehicle)
Icelandic
1 entries- reiðhjól noun (vehicle)
Ido
1 entries- biciklo noun (vehicle)
Indonesian
3 entries- kereta angin noun (vehicle)
- pit noun (vehicle)
- sepeda noun (vehicle)
Interlingua
2 entries- bicycletta noun (vehicle)
- bicyclo noun (vehicle)
Inupiaq
1 entries- paisakuq noun (vehicle)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- دوچَرْخِه noun (vehicle)
Iraqi Arabic
1 entries- بايسِكِل noun (vehicle)
Irish
1 entries- rothar noun (vehicle)
Italian
2 entries- bici noun (vehicle)
- bicicletta noun (vehicle)
Japanese
3 entries- チャリ noun (vehicle)
- チャリンコ noun (vehicle)
- 自転車 noun (vehicle)
Jarawa
1 entries- taŋg noun (vehicle)
Javanese
2 entries- ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ noun (vehicle)
- ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ noun (vehicle)
Kannada
4 entries- ಇಗ್ಗಾಲಿ noun (vehicle)
- ಕಾಲುಬಂಡಿ noun (vehicle)
- ತುಳಿಬಂಡಿ noun (vehicle)
- ದ್ವಿಚಕ್ರ noun (vehicle)
Kashubian
1 entries- kòło noun (vehicle)
Kazakh
1 entries- велосипед noun (vehicle)
Khmer
4 entries- កង់ noun (vehicle)
- ទោចក្រយាន noun (vehicle)
- ប៊ីស៊ីក្លេត noun (vehicle)
- រទេះកង់ noun (vehicle)
Kongo
3 entries- dikâlu noun (vehicle)
- kivyangu-vyangu noun (vehicle)
- mvelo noun (vehicle)
Korean
1 entries- 자전거 noun (vehicle)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- велосипед noun (vehicle)
- чалынгыч noun (vehicle)
Lao
1 entries- ລົດຖີບ noun (vehicle)
Latin
1 entries- birota noun (vehicle)
Latvian
2 entries- divritenis noun (vehicle)
- velosipēds noun (vehicle)
Lingala
3 entries- nkinga noun (vehicle)
- nkíngá noun (vehicle)
- velo noun (vehicle)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dviratis noun (vehicle)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kólaso noun (vehicle)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Vëlo noun (vehicle)
Lü
2 entries- ᦷᦟᧆᦂᦳᧂᦵᦦᧃ noun (vehicle)
- ᦷᦟᧆᦏᦲᧇᧈ noun (vehicle)
Macedonian
3 entries- бицикла noun (vehicle)
- велосипе́д noun (vehicle)
- точак noun (vehicle)
Malay
4 entries- basikal noun (vehicle)
- kereta angin noun (vehicle)
- pit noun (vehicle)
- sepeda noun (vehicle)
Malayalam
1 entries- സൈക്കിൾ noun (vehicle)
Maltese
3 entries- bajsikil noun (vehicle)
- biċikletta noun (vehicle)
- rota noun (vehicle)
Manx
2 entries- daachiarkyl noun (vehicle)
- daawheeyl noun (vehicle)
Marathi
1 entries- सायकल noun (vehicle)
Mon
1 entries- ကွဳလိုန် noun (vehicle)
Mongolian
2 entries- унадаг дугуй noun (vehicle)
- ᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠭ ᠳᠤᠭᠤᠢ noun (vehicle)
Moore
2 entries- keekee noun (vehicle)
- kut weefo noun (vehicle)
Māori
1 entries- paihikara noun (vehicle)
Nahuatl
2 entries- omalacatl noun (vehicle)
- omemalacatl noun (vehicle)
Navajo
1 entries- dziʼizí noun (vehicle)
Nepali
1 entries- साइकल noun (vehicle)
Norman
1 entries- bike noun (vehicle)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- duçerxe noun (vehicle)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 跤踏車 /跤踏车 noun (vehicle)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sykkel noun (vehicle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sykkel noun (vehicle)
Occitan
1 entries- bicicleta noun (vehicle)
Odia
1 entries- ସାଇକେଲ noun (vehicle)
Pali
1 entries- စက္ကယုဂံ noun (vehicle)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- бициґла noun (vehicle)
Pashto
3 entries- بايسکل noun (vehicle)
- جولا ګاډی noun (vehicle)
- سايکل noun (vehicle)
Polish
1 entries- rower noun (vehicle)
Portuguese
2 entries- baique noun (vehicle)
- bicicleta noun (vehicle)
Punjabi
2 entries- سیکل noun (vehicle)
- ਸਾਈਕਲ noun (vehicle)
Quechua
3 entries- antapyu noun (vehicle)
- iskaymuyu noun (vehicle)
- lata wuru noun (vehicle)
Romanian
2 entries- bicicletă noun (vehicle)
- biclă noun (vehicle)
Romansch
1 entries- velo noun (vehicle)
Russian
2 entries- ве́лик noun (vehicle)
- велосипе́д noun (vehicle)
Samogitian
1 entries- dvėratis noun (vehicle)
Sanskrit
1 entries- द्विचक्रिका noun (vehicle)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- baic noun (vehicle)
- baidhsagal noun (vehicle)
- rothair noun (vehicle)
- rothar dà-chuibhleach noun (vehicle)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bicìkl noun (vehicle)
- бицѝкл noun (vehicle)
Sicilian
3 entries- bici noun (vehicle)
- bicicretta noun (vehicle)
- bicìculu noun (vehicle)
Sindhi
1 entries- سائيڪل noun (vehicle)
Sinhalese
2 entries- පාපැදි noun (vehicle)
- බයිසිකලය noun (vehicle)
Slovak
1 entries- bicykel noun (vehicle)
Slovene
1 entries- kolo noun (vehicle)
Somali
1 entries- baskiil noun (vehicle)
Sotho
1 entries- baesekele noun (vehicle)
Spanish
2 entries- bici noun (vehicle)
- bicicleta noun (vehicle)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- baisigri noun (vehicle)
Swahili
3 entries- baisikeli noun (vehicle)
- baiskeli noun (vehicle)
- baiskili noun (vehicle)
Swedish
2 entries- cykel noun (vehicle)
- tvåhjuling noun (vehicle)
Tagalog
1 entries- bisikleta noun (vehicle)
Tajik
3 entries- велосипед noun (vehicle)
- дучарха noun (vehicle)
- шайтонароба noun (vehicle)
Talysh
2 entries- دؤچرخه noun (vehicle)
- دوچرخه noun (vehicle)
Tamil
2 entries- சைக்கிள் noun (vehicle)
- மிதிவண்டி noun (vehicle)
Tatar
1 entries- велосипед noun (vehicle)
Telugu
1 entries- సైకిలు noun (vehicle)
Teochew
1 entries- 跤踏車 /跤踏车 noun (vehicle)
Thai
2 entries- จักรยาน noun (vehicle)
- รถถีบ noun (vehicle)
Tibetan
2 entries- རྐང་འཁོར noun (vehicle)
- ལྕགས་རྟ noun (vehicle)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ብሽክለታ noun (vehicle)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- wilwil noun (vehicle)
Tolai
1 entries- aingau noun (vehicle)
Tonga (Zambia)
1 entries- ncinga noun (vehicle)
Tunisian Arabic
1 entries- بِسْكْلات noun (vehicle)
Turkish
4 entries- bisiklet noun (vehicle)
- derrace noun (vehicle)
- düçerha noun (vehicle)
- velespit noun (vehicle)
Turkmen
1 entries- welosiped noun (vehicle)
Ukrainian
2 entries- велосипе́д noun (vehicle)
- ро́вер noun (vehicle)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- koleso noun (vehicle)
Urdu
2 entries- بائِیسِکَل noun (vehicle)
- سائِیکِل noun (vehicle)
Uyghur
1 entries- ۋېلىسىپىت noun (vehicle)
Uzbek
1 entries- velosiped noun (vehicle)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xe đạp noun (vehicle)
Volapük
2 entries- saikul noun (vehicle)
- telaluib noun (vehicle)
Võro
1 entries- jalgratas noun (vehicle)
Welsh
3 entries- beic noun (vehicle)
- beisicl noun (vehicle)
- deurodur noun (vehicle)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fyts noun (vehicle)
Western Apache
1 entries- iłkádilʼisí noun (vehicle)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 腳踏車 /脚踏车 noun (vehicle)
- 自行車 /自行车 noun (vehicle)
Yakut
2 entries- бэлэсипиэт noun (vehicle)
- велосипед noun (vehicle)
Yiddish
4 entries- ביציקל noun (vehicle)
- ביציקלעט noun (vehicle)
- וועלאָסיפּעד noun (vehicle)
- ראָווער noun (vehicle)
Zhuang
1 entries- danci noun (vehicle)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
You shall have a bicycle for your birthday.
Source: tatoeba (17000)
Could you lend me your bicycle for a couple of days?
Source: tatoeba (17100)
Your bicycle is similar to mine.
Source: tatoeba (17101)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "bicycle"?
Closest matches include bike, cycle, bike, bike, bikes.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "bicycle"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.