TRANSIT Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the word transit. (close relations)
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passage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of passing from one state or place to the next • a section of text; particularly a section of medium length • a way through or along which someone or something may pass • the passing of a law by a legislative body • a journey usually by ship • a short section of a musical composition • a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass • a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another • the motion of one object relative to another • the act of passing something to another person | ||||||||
transportation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods • the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 • the act of moving something from one location to another • the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance • the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials • the act of expelling a person from their native land | ||||||||
conveyance | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • document effecting a property transfer • the transmission of information • something that serves as a means of transportation • act of transferring property title from one person to another • the act of moving something from one location to another | ||||||||
displacement | nounn | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • the act of uniform movement • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one • to move something from its natural environment • act of removing from office or employment | ||||||||
journey | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of traveling from one place to another verb • undertake a journey or trip • travel upon or across | ||||||||
migration | nounn | |||||||
noun • the movement of persons from one country or locality to another • a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) • (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule • the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding | ||||||||
movement | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object • a euphemism for defecation • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) • the act of changing the location of something | ||||||||
shift | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • a qualitative change • the time period during which you are at work • the act of changing one thing or position for another • the act of moving from one place to another • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other • a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time • the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters • a woman's sleeveless undergarment • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist verb • make a shift in or exchange of • change place or direction • move around • move very slightly • move from one setting or context to another • change in quality • move and exchange for another • move sideways or in an unsteady way • move abruptly • use a shift key on a keyboard • change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change • change gears • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | ||||||||
transfer | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of moving something from one location to another • someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another • the act of transferring something from one form to another • a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances • application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation • transferring ownership verb • transfer somebody to a different position or location of work • move from one place to another • lift and reset in another soil or situation • move around • cause to change ownership • change from one vehicle or transportation line to another • send from one person or place to another • shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes • transfer from one place or period to another | ||||||||
transport | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something that serves as a means of transportation • an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes • the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials • a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion • a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder • the act of moving something from one location to another verb • move something or somebody around; usually over long distances • move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body • hold spellbound • transport commercially • send from one person or place to another | ||||||||
travel | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of going from one place to another • a movement through space that changes the location of something • self-propelled movement verb • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically • undertake a journey or trip • make a trip for pleasure • travel upon or across • undergo transportation as in a vehicle • travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | ||||||||
theodolite | nounn | |||||||
noun • a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod | ||||||||
move through | verbv | |||||||
verb • make a passage or journey from one place to another | ||||||||
pass across | verbv | |||||||
verb • make a passage or journey from one place to another | ||||||||
pass over | verbv | |||||||
verb • bypass • make a passage or journey from one place to another • travel across or pass over • fly over • rub with a circular motion | ||||||||
transportation system | nounn | |||||||
noun • a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |