Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

plane xar

Capable Of

continue to run go up to 5500 rpms power automobile power locomotive turn flywheel

Causes

energy

Derived Terms

Carnot engine Carnot heat engine Lenoir engine Novi engine V engine bank engine bullgine crane engine duplex pumping engine engine bay engine block engine braking engine cleaner engine compartment engine diaper engine displacement engine driver engine generator engine hour engine house engine knock engine lathe engine mount engine move engine oil engine order telegraph engine room engine shed engine trouble engine turning engine-generator engine-rich engine-turned engineer engineless enginelike engineman enginer enginery in-engine inline engine microengine midengine multiengine one engine in steam re-engine reengine retro-engine retroengine search engine optimization search-engine-friendly siege-engine stellar engine

Etymologically Related To

gin ingenious

Has Part

spark plugs and oil

Context

computing

Prerequisites

fuel to operate

Has Property

working well

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

causal agency causal agent cause instrument motor self-propelled vehicle

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Cornish engine East-West engine Hero engine Otto engine Stirling engine U engine W engine Wankel engine aero engine air engine aircraft engine analytical engine answer engine atmospheric engine banking engine barring engine beam engine beer engine boxer engine chaff engine chemical engine chess engine combustion engine compound engine corncob engine crate engine database engine dental engine diesel engine difference engine dividing engine donkey engine draught engine duct engine electric engine entry ignition engine ether engine fire engine four-stroke engine game engine garden engine gas engine graphics engine harmonic engine heat engine horse engine human flesh search engine in-line engine information engine internal combustion engine internal-combustion engine ion engine jet engine light engine man engine marine engine metasearch engine military engine mill engine monkey engine overhead engine pancake engine petrol engine physics engine pilot engine piston engine pony engine pulp engine pulse detonation engine radial engine raptor engine reaction engine reciprocating engine ringing engine rocket engine rose engine rotary engine sand engine search engine shunting engine siege engine simple engine software engine solar engine spit engine square engine stationary engine steam engine steam-engine steeple engine storage engine straight engine switch engine tandem engine tank engine tender engine traction engine twin-engine two-stroke engine water engine wind engine winding engine

Type Of (IsA)

causal agent instrument mechanical device motor non agentive artifact powered device

Part Of

automobile car lawnmower motorcycle train

Receives Action

found in car replaced

Related Terms

engineer genius ingeniosity ingenious

Related Terms

assault battering ram car car motor car movement car part car power car propeller cars catapult combustion construction contrivance contrive cunning cylinders device energy equip gas gas motor genius guile implement in car in cars ingeniosity ingenious ingenuity internal internal combustion locomotive machine makes makes run mechanical motor movement oil part plot power power provider power supply powering powering cars propeller propels propels cars provider rack run scheme steam steam motor supply talent tool torture trickery utensil vessel warfare

Synonym Network

locomotive motor

Used For

power work

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