touring car

noun

A large open car seating four or more people and having a folding top. An automobile designed for touring; specifically, a roomy car, not a limousine.

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Meanings

nountouring car (plural touring cars)

plural touring cars

  1. A large open car seating four or more people and having a folding top. An automobile designed for touring; specifically, a roomy car, not a limousine.

    Mr Carrados was standing in the loggia of the Hotel Beverley when a not unfamiliar sound claimed his attention. It announced to him the arrival of his own touring car […]

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  2. hobbiesA type of race car based on a modified production car, that is a sedan or saloon car.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge open car seating four with folding top

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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