carlike

Resembling an automobile

Resembling or characteristic of a car in appearance, movement, or function.

A carlike vehicle has features typical of automobiles—enclosed cabin, four wheels, steering wheel.

The word often distinguishes something from other categories: The golf cart had a surprisingly carlike interior.

Carlike handling in a truck or SUV suggests it drives more like a sedan than expected.

automotive

sedan

Enclosed passenger car

SUV · chassis · drivetrain · transmission · engine · horsepower · torque · acceleration · steering · suspension

design

aerodynamic

Minimizing drag through shape

styling · grille · headlights · taillights · spoiler · bumper · fender · bodywork · contoured · low-slung

resemblance

automotive

Relating to motor vehicles

boxy · streamlined · cockpit · windshield

Opposites
vehicle type resemblance

carliketrucklike

Resembling a heavy hauler

buslike · trainlike · boatlike · shiplike · helicopterlike

locomotion mode

carlikepedestrian

One traveling afoot

on foot · bipedal · ambulatory · walking · crawling

mechanical vs. organic quality

carlikeorganic

From living matter

natural · animal-like · beastlike · equine · human-powered

Family

car, cars, carless, caring, cared, carful, carload, carloads, carport

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G