Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "locomotive" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

pull carriages pull train

Derived Terms

Meyer locomotive condensing locomotive crane locomotive diesel locomotive electric locomotive hyperlocomotive hypolocomotive loci locie locomotive engineer locomotive shed locomotive syndrome locomotiveman locomotiveness nonlocomotive road locomotive steam locomotive tank locomotive tram locomotive unlocomotive

Derived From

locomotion

Etymologically Related To

motive

Context

economics rail transport slang

Has Property

one kind of vehicle

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

rolling stock self-propelled vehicle

Type Of (IsA)

fuel powered device land vehicle place occupied by humans self propelled vehicle wheeled vehicle

Related Terms

cheer coach drives economy freight increase locomotion passenger power progressive slow speed traction engine train wagon

Synonym Network

loco

Used For

motion power work

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