motor

motor is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.
2. noun. A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
3. noun. Alt. of Motorial
4. noun. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
5. noun. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

   "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"

6. verb. travel or be transported in a vehicle

   "We drove to the university every morning"

   "They motored to London for the theater"

   Synonyms: drive

7. adjective. causing or able to cause motion

   "a motive force"

   "motive power"

   Synonyms: motive

8. adjective. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

   "motor nerves"

   Synonyms: centrifugal

Synonyms

drive, motive, centrifugal

Common word forms

motors, motored, motoring, motorise, motorize, motorable, motorless

Words from these letters

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