Synonyms of taxicab

taxicab

noun

ˈtak-sē-ˌkab 

as in taxi

an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled

took a taxicab to the airport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taxi
• cab
• limousine
• hack
• ricksha
• jitney
• rickshaw
• hackney
• water taxi
• gypsy cab
• gharry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of taxicab

He’s been operating taxicabs, Ubers, or Lyfts since 1995, and even helped organize a taxi workers’ strike in the late ’90s. —Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024

Once approved, WeGo will pay for up to six trips home per year via taxicab or rental car. —Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 4 June 2024

There were roughly four million tipped workers in the U.S. in 2023 — including restaurant servers, bartenders, barbers, taxicab and rideshare drivers and hairdressers — representing only 2.5% of the total workforce, according to the Yale Budget Lab, a non-partisan policy research center. —Bob Woods, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024

That starts with upbraiding Chapman’s would-be assassin, who’s still nursing injuries from being run over by a taxicab — this after handling three other agents quite capably. —Scott Tobias, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024