double-decker

1. 1.

   a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

   “he always rode the bus to work”

   Synonymsbusautobuscoachcharabancjitneymotorbusmotorcoachomnibuspassenger vehicle

   Broaderpublic transport

   Narrowerminibusschool bustrolleybus

   Part offleet

   Partsroofwindow

Questions about double-decker

What does double-decker mean?

double-decker means "a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport".

How many syllables are in double-decker?

double-decker has 4 syllables: dou-ble--dec-ker. The stress falls on "ble-".

What is another word for double-decker?

Close synonyms include bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, jitney. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double-decker a common word?

double-decker is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.