Meanings
plural carmakers
- A manufacturer of automobiles.
Helper and Sako (1995) did detect some convergence in the way U.S. and Japanese carmakers work with suppliers.
2008, Thomas H. Klier, James M. Rubenstein, Who Really Made Your Car?, page 241 more example
Nissan has struggled since the collapse of its long-standing alliance with French carmaker Renault. […] EV development costs have created a powerful incentive for carmakers to explore mergers as a way to share the financial burden, according to analysts.
2025 February 13, Juliana Liu and Junko Ogura, “Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech automobilka
- automobilkacompany
Finnish autonvalmistaja
- autonvalmistajacompany
French constructeur automobile
- constructeur automobilecompany
German Autobauer
- Autobauercompany
Icelandic bílaframleiðandi
- bílaframleiðandicompany
Italian casa automobilistica
- casa automobilisticacompany
Portuguese montadora (de automóveis)
- montadora (de automóveis)company
Cite this entry
carmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carmaker
“carmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carmaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carmaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carmaker.
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