Machine
Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.
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Synonyms for Machine
Wheel and machine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wheel" instead a noun "Machine".
Wheel
Wheel noun - 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).
How words are described
| old | old machine | old wheel |
| similar | similar machine | similar wheel |
| original | original machine | original wheel |
| single | single machine | single wheel |
| Other adjectives: simple, small, actual, entire, massive, large, enormous, huge, little, magic, ancient, new, broken, gigantic, flying, titular, literal, giant, red, virtual, eponymous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The Men from the Ministry episode "A Sense of Power" ends with Britain getting a new power source in the form of thousands of hamsters spinning a wheel-machine.
Source: Hamster-Wheel Power -
In the latest incarnation of Inspector Gadget in one episode Talon uses a hamster wheel to power a snow melting machine.
Source: Electric Torture - The heroine manages to destroy the ominous machine that the villain built and assumes that the day is saved... only for him to simply wheel out a second one.
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Wheel and Machine. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/wheel
Machine & Wheel. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/wheel>.
Wheel or Machine. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/wheel.
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