Bus

//bʌs//

Synonyms for "bus" (89 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (27)

Related words (44)

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

14 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

at location

13 entries

capable of

10 entries

derived

132 entries

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derived from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

4 entries

has context

7 entries

is a

13 entries

manner of

3 entries

part of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

19 entries

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used for

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

354 translations across 161 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)

Albanian

1 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)

Amharic

1 entries
  • አውቶቡስ noun (vehicle)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أُتُبيس noun (vehicle)
  • أُتُوبُوس noun (vehicle)
  • أُتُوبِيس noun (vehicle)
  • اوتوبيس noun (vehicle)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ավտոբուս noun (vehicle)
  • դող noun (electrical conductor)

Assamese

1 entries
  • বাচ noun (vehicle)

Asturian

1 entries
  • autobús noun (vehicle)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • avtobus noun (vehicle)
  • şin noun (electrical conductor)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • аўто́бус noun (vehicle)
  • бус noun (vehicle)
  • шы́на noun (electrical conductor)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বাস noun (vehicle)

Breton

2 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • karr-boutin noun (vehicle)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • автобу́с noun (vehicle)
  • ши́на noun (electrical conductor)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘတ်စ်ကား noun (vehicle)

Buryat

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • авто́бус noun (vehicle)

Catalan

2 entries
  • autobús noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (electrical conductor)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • baas noun (vehicle)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پاس noun (vehicle)

Chechen

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • bási class 9/6 noun (vehicle)
  • gálímoto class 9/6 noun (vehicle)

Chinese

4 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)
  • гунгун чичә noun (vehicle)
  • 公共汽車 /公共汽车 noun (vehicle)
  • 公車 /公车 noun (vehicle)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 公交車 /公交车 noun (vehicle)
  • 公共汽車 /公共汽车 noun (vehicle)
  • 巴士 noun (vehicle)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 公交 noun (vehicle)
  • 公交車 /公交车 noun (vehicle)
  • 公共汽車 /公共汽车 noun (vehicle)
  • 公汽 noun (vehicle)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • avtobus noun (vehicle)

Czech

4 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • sběrnice noun (electrical conductor)
  • sklízet nádobí verb (work as a table clearer)

Danish

2 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (electrical conductor)

Dari

3 entries
  • بَس noun (vehicle)
  • سَرْوِیس noun (vehicle)
  • سَرْویس noun (vehicle)

Dutch

4 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • stadsbus noun (vehicle)
  • afruimen verb (clear meal remains from)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 公交車 /公交车 noun (vehicle)

Erzya

1 entries
  • бус noun (vehicle)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • aŭtobuso noun (vehicle)
  • buso noun (vehicle)
  • buso noun (electrical conductor)

Estonian

2 entries
  • autobuss noun (vehicle)
  • buss noun (vehicle)

Ewe

1 entries
  • bɔs noun (vehicle)

Farefare

1 entries
  • lo-katɛ class 7/8 noun (vehicle)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bussur noun (vehicle)

Finnish

4 entries
  • bussi noun (vehicle)
  • linja-auto noun (vehicle)
  • väylä noun (electrical conductor)
  • bussittaa verb (transport via a motor bus)

French

3 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (electrical conductor)

Fula

2 entries
  • kaaruwal noun (vehicle)
  • 𞤳𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤵𞤱𞤢𞤤 noun (vehicle)

Gamilaraay

1 entries
  • banbu noun (vehicle)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ავტობუსი noun (vehicle)

German

2 entries
  • Bus noun (vehicle)
  • Bus noun (electrical conductor)

Greek

2 entries
  • δίαυλος noun (electrical conductor)
  • λεωφορείο noun (vehicle)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • bussi noun (vehicle)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • બસ noun (vehicle)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries
  • 公共汽車 /公共汽车 noun (vehicle)
  • 公車 /公车 noun (vehicle)
  • 巴士 noun (vehicle)

Hausa

1 entries
  • bas noun (vehicle)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אוֹטוֹבּוּס noun (vehicle)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बस noun (vehicle)
  • बस noun (electrical conductor)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • autóbusz noun (vehicle)
  • busz noun (vehicle)
  • busz noun (electrical conductor)
  • kisegítő pincérként dolgozik verb (work as a table clearer)

Hunsrik

2 entries
  • Buss noun (vehicle)
  • Onnibus noun (vehicle)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • langferðabíll noun (vehicle)
  • rúta noun (vehicle)
  • strætisvagn noun (vehicle)
  • strætó noun (vehicle)

Ido

1 entries
  • omnibuso noun (vehicle)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • bussi noun (vehicle)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • bis noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • otobis noun (vehicle)

Ingush

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • omnibus noun (vehicle)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اُتوبوس noun (vehicle)
  • باس noun (electrical conductor)
  • گُذَرْگاه noun (electrical conductor)

Irish

1 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)

Italian

4 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (electrical conductor)
  • corriera noun (vehicle)
  • pullman noun (vehicle)

Japanese

3 entries
  • バス noun (vehicle)
  • バス noun (electrical conductor)
  • 乗合自動車 noun (vehicle)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Kamba

1 entries
  • mbasi noun (vehicle)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಬಸ್ಸು noun (vehicle)

Karelian

3 entries
  • autobušši noun (vehicle)
  • avtobussa noun (vehicle)
  • avtoubussu noun (vehicle)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • aùtobùs noun (vehicle)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Khakas

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ឡានក្រុង noun (vehicle)
  • ឡានឈ្នួល noun (vehicle)
  • អូតូការ noun (vehicle)
  • អូតូប៊ុស noun (vehicle)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • bathi noun (vehicle)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • автобусс noun (vehicle)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Korean

3 entries
  • 버스 noun (vehicle)
  • 버스 noun (electrical conductor)
  • 뻐스 noun (vehicle)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Lao

3 entries
  • ລົດ noun (vehicle)
  • ລົດບັດ noun (vehicle)
  • ລົດເມ noun (vehicle)

Latin

1 entries
  • lāophorīum noun (vehicle)

Latvian

2 entries
  • autobuss noun (vehicle)
  • kopne noun (electrical conductor)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • autobusas noun (vehicle)

Livonian

1 entries
  • outōbus noun (vehicle)

Luhya

1 entries
  • ebasi noun (vehicle)

Lule Sami

1 entries
  • bussa noun (vehicle)

Luo

1 entries
  • bas noun (vehicle)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Bus noun (vehicle)

Lü

4 entries
  • ᦟᦷᧆᦂᦳᧂᦂᦳᧂᧈᦌᦵᦲᧈ noun (vehicle)
  • ᦟᦷᧆᦃᦶᧅᧈ noun (vehicle)
  • ᦟᦷᧆᦑᦸᧉᦟᦱᧅᦃᦶᧅᧈ noun (vehicle)
  • ᦟᦷᧆᦣᧇᦃᦶᧅᧈ noun (vehicle)

Macanese

1 entries
  • bâs noun (vehicle)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • автобу́с noun (vehicle)
  • магистра́ла noun (electrical conductor)

Malay

1 entries
  • bas noun (vehicle)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ബസ് noun (vehicle)

Maltese

3 entries
  • karozza tal-linja noun (vehicle)
  • tal-linja noun (vehicle)
  • xarabank noun (vehicle)

Marathi

1 entries
  • बस noun (vehicle)

Moksha

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)
  • бас noun (vehicle)
  • нийтийн машин тэрэг noun (vehicle)
  • ᠠᠦ᠋ᠲ᠋ᠣᠪᠦ᠋ᠰ noun (vehicle)

Moore

1 entries
  • biisi noun (vehicle)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • coriera noun (vehicle)

Māori

1 entries
  • pahi noun (vehicle)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • calmimilolli noun (vehicle)

Navajo

1 entries
  • diné bee naagéhé noun (vehicle)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • bas noun (vehicle)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • busse verb (transport via a motor bus)
  • busse verb (transport students to school)
  • busse verb (travel by bus)
  • busse verb (transport via a motor bus)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • buss noun (vehicle)
  • buss noun (electrical conductor)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • buss noun (vehicle)

Odia

1 entries
  • ବସ୍ noun (vehicle)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • gichi-odaabaanag noun (vehicle)

Oromo

1 entries
  • motobisii noun (vehicle)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Paiwan

1 entries
  • basu noun (vehicle)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بس noun (vehicle)
  • سروېس noun (vehicle)

Polish

4 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • autokar noun (vehicle)
  • magistrala noun (electrical conductor)
  • szyna noun (electrical conductor)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • autocarro noun (vehicle)
  • barramento noun (electrical conductor)
  • horário noun (vehicle)
  • machimbombo noun (vehicle)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਬੱਸ noun (vehicle)
  • ਲਾਰੀ noun (vehicle)

Romanian

2 entries
  • autobuz noun (vehicle)
  • magistrală noun (electrical conductor)

Russian

2 entries
  • авто́бус noun (vehicle)
  • ши́на noun (electrical conductor)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • बसयान noun (vehicle)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • autóbus noun (vehicle)
  • magistrála noun (electrical conductor)
  • ауто́бус noun (vehicle)
  • магистра́ла noun (electrical conductor)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • බස් noun (vehicle)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • buss noun (vehicle)

Slovak

2 entries
  • autobus noun (vehicle)
  • zbernica noun (electrical conductor)

Slovene

2 entries
  • avtobus noun (vehicle)
  • vodilo noun (electrical conductor)

Sotho

1 entries
  • bese noun (vehicle)

Spanish

4 entries
  • autobús noun (vehicle)
  • bañadera noun (vehicle)
  • bondi noun (vehicle)
  • bus noun (vehicle)

Swahili

2 entries
  • basi noun (vehicle)
  • basi noun (electrical conductor)

Swedish

4 entries
  • buss noun (vehicle)
  • buss noun (electrical conductor)
  • bussa verb (transport via a motor bus)
  • bussa verb (transport students to school)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)

Tajik

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Tamil

2 entries
  • பஸ் noun (vehicle)
  • பேருந்து noun (vehicle)

Tatar

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బస్సు noun (vehicle)

Thai

4 entries
  • บัส noun (vehicle)
  • รถ noun (vehicle)
  • รถบัส noun (vehicle)
  • รถเมล์ noun (vehicle)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • ཀུང་ཀུང་ཆིའི་ཁྲེ noun (vehicle)
  • འགྲུལ་སྐྱེལ་མོ་ཊ noun (vehicle)
  • འབའ་སེ noun (vehicle)
  • སྤྱི་སྤྱོད་རླང་འཁོར noun (vehicle)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ኣውቶቡስ noun (vehicle)

Tswana

1 entries
  • bese noun (vehicle)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • basi noun (vehicle)

Turkish

1 entries
  • otobüs noun (vehicle)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • awtobus noun (vehicle)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • авто́бус noun (vehicle)
  • бус noun (vehicle)
  • ши́на noun (electrical conductor)

Urdu

2 entries
  • بَس noun (vehicle)
  • بَس noun (electrical conductor)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئاپتوۋۇز noun (vehicle)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • avtobus noun (vehicle)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • buýt noun (vehicle)
  • xe buýt noun (vehicle)
  • ô tô buýt noun (vehicle)
  • xe đưa đón học sinh (buýt) verb (transport students to school)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • aojtobüs noun (vehicle)

Volapük

2 entries
  • motoranibud noun (vehicle)
  • nibud noun (vehicle)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bws noun (vehicle)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • ndee naigheehí noun (vehicle)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • npav noun (vehicle)

Wolof

2 entries
  • bus noun (vehicle)
  • trakokin noun (vehicle)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 公交車 /公交车 noun (vehicle)
  • 公共汽車 /公共汽车 noun (vehicle)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries
  • 公共汽車 /公共汽车 noun (vehicle)

Yakut

2 entries
  • автобус noun (vehicle)
  • оптуобус noun (vehicle)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • בוס noun (vehicle)
  • ויטאָבוס noun (vehicle)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ibhasi noun (vehicle)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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You'd better go by bus.

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I left your umbrella in the bus.

Source: tatoeba (17131)

Where can I get a shuttle bus at the airport?

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Where does the airport bus leave from?

Source: tatoeba (18193)

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