motor: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with M · ends with R
Meaning of motor
noun
A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
Example: The door can close by itself because there's a small motor built into it.
A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
Example: Nice motor!
- figuratively
A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
Listed forms: motors, motour.
Source: Wiktionary — motor.
adj
- not-comparable
Relating to the ability to move.
Example: She has excellent motor skills.
- not-comparable
Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
Source: Wiktionary — motor.
verb
- transitive
To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
Example: During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
- figuratively, informal, intransitive
To progress at a brisk pace.
Example: Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
- intransitive, slang
To leave.
Example: I gotta motor.
- dated, transitive
To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
Example: On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
Listed forms: motors, motoring, motored.
Source: Wiktionary — motor.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for motor.
adjective
conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
adjective
causing or able to cause motion
verb
travel or be transported in a vehicle
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is motor in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of motor
M(3) + O(1) + T(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of motor
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from motor
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