any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport

a motor vehicle; space vehicles.

a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, tracks, or the like, as a cart, sled, automobile, or tractor.

a means of transmission or passage

Air is the vehicle of sound.

a carrier, as of infection.

a medium of communication, expression, or display

The novel is a fitting vehicle for his talents. Language is the vehicle of thought.

Theater, Movies . a play, screenplay, or the like, having a role suited to the talents of and often written for a specific performer.

a means of accomplishing a purpose

College is a vehicle for success.

Rhetoric . the thing or idea to which the subject of a metaphor is compared, as rose in she is a rose. Compare tenor ( def. 3 ) .

Pharmacology . a substance, usually fluid, possessing little or no medicinal action, used as a medium for active remedies.

Painting . a liquid, as oil, in which a pigment is mixed before being applied to a surface.

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end , goal

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agent , automobile , bicycle , boat , buggy , bus , cab , car , carrier , chariot , conveyance , crate * , jalopy * , jeep , mechanism , motorcycle , taxi , transport , truck , van , vector , wagon , wheels , agency , apparatus , channel , expedient , implement , instrument , instrumentality , intermediary , means of expression , medium , ministry , organ , tool , way , ways and means *