wheel

1. 1.

   change directions as if revolving on a pivot

   “They wheeled their horses around and left”

   Synonymswheel around

   Broaderrevolve

   Narrowercartwheel
2. 2.

   wheel somebody or something

   Synonymswheel around

   Broadertransport
3. 3.

   move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

   “The President's convoy rolled past the crowds”

   Synonymsroll

   Broadertravel

   Narrowerbowltroll
4. 4.

   ride a bicycle

   Synonymsbicyclecyclebikepedal

   Broaderride

   Narrowerunicyclebackpedal

Other forms of wheel

plural

wheels·

past tense

wheeled·

present participle

wheeling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wheel

What does wheel mean?

wheel means "a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wheel?

wheel has 1 syllable: wheel. In IPA it is /ˈwil/.

What is another word for wheel?

Close synonyms include steering wheel, roulette wheel, rack, bicycle, bike. 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 wheel a common word?

wheel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with wheel?

1 word rhymes with wheel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.