gear lever

noun

The lever used to change gears in a motor vehicle.

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gear stickgear shiftshiftershift levergearshiftgearstick
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Meanings

noungear lever (plural gear levers)

plural gear levers

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKespeciallyThe lever used to change gears in a motor vehicle.

    Synonyms: gear stick, gear shift, shifter, shift lever

  2. The lever used to change gears on other types of machines, such as a machine tool.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe lever used to change gears in a motor vehicle.

Similar
gear stickgear shiftshiftershift lever

More synonyms by meaning

nouna mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears

Similar
gearshiftgearstickshifter
Broader
mechanical device
Also see
gear shiftgearshiftgearstickshifter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans rathefboom
  • rathefboomlever used to change gears
Danish gearstang
  • gearstanglever used to change gears
Dutch versnellingspook
  • versnellingspooklever used to change gears
Finnish vaihdekeppi, vaihteenvalitsin
  • vaihdekeppilever used to change gears
  • vaihteenvalitsinlever used to change gears
French levier de vitesses
  • levier de vitesseslever used to change gears
German Schalthebel, Schaltknüppel
  • Schalthebellever used to change gears
  • Schaltknüppellever used to change gears
Icelandic gírstöng
  • gírstönglever used to change gears
Italian leva del cambio
  • leva del cambiolever used to change gears
Japanese 変速レバー, シフトレバー
  • 変速レバー (hensoku rebā)lever used to change gears
  • シフトレバー (shifuto rebā)lever used to change gears
Korean 기어 스틱, 기어 레버
  • 기어 스틱 (gieo seutik)lever used to change gears
  • 기어 레버 (gieo rebeo)lever used to change gears
  • 기어시프트 (gieosipeuteu)lever used to change gears
Norwegian Bokmål girspak, girstang
  • girspaklever used to change gears
  • girstanglever used to change gears
Polish dźwignia zmiany biegów
  • dźwignia zmiany biegówlever used to change gears
Portuguese alavanca de câmbio, câmbio
  • alavanca de câmbiolever used to change gears
  • câmbiolever used to change gears
  • manete de mudançaslever used to change gears
  • seletor de marchaslever used to change gears
Romanian schimbător, schimbător de viteze
  • schimbătorlever used to change gears
  • schimbător de vitezelever used to change gears
  • levier de vitezelever used to change gears
Russian рыча́г переключе́ния переда́ч
  • рыча́г переключе́ния переда́ч (ryčág pereključénija peredáč)lever used to change gears
Spanish palanca de cambios, cambio de marchas
  • palanca de cambioslever used to change gears
  • cambio de marchaslever used to change gears
  • drivelever used to change gears
  • draivlever used to change gears
Swedish växelspak
  • växelspaklever used to change gears
Tagalog kambyo
  • kambyolever used to change gears
Turkish kol, vites
  • kollever used to change gears
  • viteslever used to change gears
  • vites kolulever used to change gears
Cite this entry
APA

gear lever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20lever

MLA

“gear lever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20lever. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gear lever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20lever.

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