Bus

//bʌs//

Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "bus" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

big cities bus station bus stop city computer garage michigan new york road school seats street use

Capable Of

carry passengers drive down street drive to city go into town near terminal seat capacity stop at corner take across country transport many people at once transport people

Derived Terms

Boris bus address bus airbus and then everyone on the bus clapped articulated bus baht bus banana bus bangbus battle bus battlebus bendy bus bookbus bus bar bus boy bus bridge bus buddy bus bulb bus captain bus conductor bus conductress bus driver bus duct bus factor bus fare bus girl bus lane bus mastering bus mile bus ministry bus pass bus plunge bus rapid transit bus replacement service bus route bus shelter bus stand bus station bus stop bus stop chicane bus test bus topology bus trap bus war bus-holder bus-keeper bus-stop flight busable busbar busful busgirl busjacking busless buslike busload busman busmate busser bussick bussy bustaurant bustitute bustitution busway catch the bus cheese bus chicken bus city bus citybus commuter bus control bus corporation bus data bus double-decker bus drive the porcelain bus e-bus electric bus enterprise service bus face like the back end of a bus front-side bus frontside bus gyrobus helibus horse bus how do I get to the bus station kneeling bus like the back end of a bus metrobus microbus minibus miss the bus multibus national school bus chrome on the other bus open-top bus owl bus park the beef bus in tuna town park the bus party bus pedibus peripheral bus playbus porcelain bus public utility bus railbus ride the short bus satellite bus school bus school bus yellow shuttle bus sleeper bus spacecraft bus splitter bus stage bus straddling bus struggle bus superbus system bus taxibus telebus the wheels came off the bus the wheels fell off the bus throw under a bus throw under the bus tour bus transit bus trolley bus trolleybus walking bus walking school bus water bus waterbus where does this bus go

Derived From

Etymologically Related To

Has Part

glass windows many seats parts made of plastic windows

Context

automotive food service legal medical industry slang transport us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

auto automobile car conductor dysphemism machine motorcar network topology public transport ride take away take out topology transport

Type Of (IsA)

car diesel road vehicle dysphemism form of mass transit form of mass transportation form of public transportation form of transportation heavier than typewriter keyboard mode of public transportation motor vehicle public transport public transportation device wheeled vehicle

Manner Of

ride take away transport

Part Of

Receives Action

Related Terms

ambulance bus network busboy circuit clear common component conductor connection electrical interface motor passenger people remains road transport travel vehicle

Synonym Network

autobus bus topology busbar electrical bus

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.