four-wheel drive

noun

The state or trait of having four drive wheels.

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Meanings

nounfour-wheel drive (countable and uncountable, plural four-wheel drives)

plural four-wheel drives

  1. countableuncountableThe state or trait of having four drive wheels.

    Synonyms: 4WD, FWD

  2. countablemetonymicallyoftenuncountableA vehicle with this arrangement.

    Synonyms: 4WD, FWD

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or trait of having four drive wheels.

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nounA vehicle with this arrangement.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system

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motor vehicleautomotive vehicle

nouna transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle

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transmissiontransmission system
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic اَلدَّفْع اَلرَّبَاعِيّ
  • اَلدَّفْع اَلرَّبَاعِيّ (ad-dafʕ ar-rabāʕiyy)vehicle
Bulgarian всъдеход, джип
  • всъдеход (vsădehod)vehicle
  • джип (džip)vehicle
  • автомобил с висока проходимост (avtomobil s visoka prohodimost)vehicle
  • задвижване на четири колела (zadvižvane na četiri kolela)transmission system
Catalan tot terreny
  • tot terrenyvehicle
Chinese Mandarin 四輪驅動車 /四轮驱动车, 四輪驅動 /四轮驱动
  • 四輪驅動車 /四轮驱动车 (sìlún qūdòngchē)vehicle
  • 四輪驅動 /四轮驱动 (sìlún qūdòng)vehicle
  • 四輪傳動 /四轮传动 (sìlún chuándòng)vehicle
  • 四驅車 /四驱车 (sìqūchē)vehicle
  • 四輪驅動汽車 /四轮驱动汽车 (sìlún qūdòng qìchē)vehicle
Danish firehjulstrækker, firehjulstræk
  • firehjulstrækkervehicle
  • firehjulstræktransmission system
Dutch fourwheeldrive, vierwielaandrijving
  • fourwheeldrivevehicle
  • vierwielaandrijvingtransmission system
Finnish nelivetoauto, neliveto
  • nelivetoautovehicle
  • nelivetotransmission system
French tout-terrain
  • tout-terrainvehicle
German Allradantrieb, Allrad
  • Allradantriebvehicle
  • Allradvehicle
Hebrew ארבע על ארבע
  • ארבע על ארבע (arba' 'al arba')vehicle
Irish feithicil faoi thiomáint ceithre roth, tiomáint ceithre roth
  • feithicil faoi thiomáint ceithre rothvehicle
  • tiomáint ceithre rothtransmission system
Italian quattro ruote motrici
  • quattro ruote motricivehicle
Japanese 四輪駆動, 四輪駆動車
  • 四輪駆動 (yonrin-kudō)vehicle
  • 四輪駆動車 (yonrin-kudōsha)vehicle
  • 四駆 (yonku)vehicle
Korean 사륜구동차
  • 사륜구동차 (saryun'gudongcha)vehicle
Malay pacuan empat roda
  • pacuan empat rodavehicle
Norwegian Bokmål firehjulsdrift, firehjulstrekk
  • firehjulsdrifttransmission system
  • firehjulstrekktransmission system
Polish samochód z napędem na cztery koła, napęd na cztery koła
  • samochód z napędem na cztery kołavehicle
  • napęd na cztery kołatransmission system
Romanian tracțiune pe patru roți
  • tracțiune pe patru roțivehicle
Russian внедоро́жник, вездехо́д
  • внедоро́жник (vnedoróžnik)vehicle
  • вездехо́д (vezdexód)vehicle
Spanish cuatro por cuatro, todoterreno
  • cuatro por cuatrovehicle
  • todoterrenovehicle
  • camperovehicle
  • yipvehicle
  • yipivehicle
  • tracción en cuatro ruedastransmission system
  • tracción de cuatro ruedas motricestransmission system
  • tracción a cuatro ruedastransmission system
Swedish fyrhjulsdrift
  • fyrhjulsdrifttransmission system
Cite this entry
APA

four-wheel drive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-wheel%20drive

MLA

“four-wheel drive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-wheel%20drive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “four-wheel drive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-wheel%20drive.

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