carriage

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How does the noun carriage contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of carriage are bearing, demeanor, deportment, manner, and mien. While all these words mean "the outward manifestation of personality or attitude," carriage applies chiefly to habitual posture in standing or walking.

the kind of carriage learned at boarding school

In what contexts can bearing take the place of carriage?

In some situations, the words bearing and carriage are roughly equivalent. However, bearing is the most general of these words but now usually implies characteristic posture.

a woman of regal bearing

When might demeanor be a better fit than carriage?

Although the words demeanor and carriage have much in common, demeanor suggests one's attitude toward others as expressed in outward behavior.

the haughty demeanor of the headwaiter

When would deportment be a good substitute for carriage?

The meanings of deportment and carriage largely overlap; however, deportment suggests actions or behavior as formed by breeding or training.

your deportment was atrocious

Where would manner be a reasonable alternative to carriage?

While the synonyms manner and carriage are close in meaning, manner implies characteristic or customary way of moving and gesturing and addressing others.

the imperious manner of a man used to giving orders

When is it sensible to use mien instead of carriage?

While in some cases nearly identical to carriage, mien is a literary term referring both to bearing and demeanor.

a mien of supreme self-satisfaction

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carriage Paramount Global and YouTube TV have reached a carriage renewal, averting the blackout of 23 networks including CBS, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025 Planet Rail has a seven-night Luxury Glacier Express trip (from about US$3,100), which includes seven nights at five-star hotels and travel in the train’s Excellence carriages. Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025 While cord-cutting continues to accelerate, with 12% of bundled subs ditching their legacy pay-TV packages in the third quarter of 2024, the carriage fees generated by the shrinking cable business remain crucial to Fox’s balance sheet. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2025 This tea house celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and is situated in a two-story building that was once a—ding, ding, ding—carriage house. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carriage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriage
Noun
  • Now evidence of trip is found One of the artifacts was a terret ring, which would have been used on Celtic chariots to help guide the horse reins, the organization said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The small asteroid, which is more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Pain in his back and neck and trouble with posture can be traced to years of drumming, Nic said, revealing his father had undergone a major neck surgery.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Each reactive and proactive data point gets reflected in the customer’s overall security posture rating and informs what the MDR provider recommends next.
    Manoj Srivastava, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Using a lockable slide-out control panel on the side of the trailer, the owner drops the hydraulic legs to decouple the trailer from the tractor cab and lift the trailer wheels into the air.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The 15-year-old boy was collared while entering the conductor’s cab of a No. 2 train at the Prospect Ave. station in Longwood around 4:45 a.m., an MTA spokesperson said.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Gottfried agrees and hopes that more healthcare providers across the country will summon the courage to take a stance, just as Carpenter did.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The position of the company founded by Schwarz is aimed at American consumers taking a stance against corporate greed.
    Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Two decades later, the U.S. government gave the Southern Pacific Railway a right-of-way to build its railroad straight through the Coachella Valley and Cahuilla territory, piggybacking off early stagecoach routes.
    Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The interview, which focused on attitudes toward Israel, sparked controversy, and even Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, rebuked CBS News executives for slamming the correspondent.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Putin praised this new US attitude towards his country.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And the reality is that the airlines don’t have the equipage.
    BYPaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
    John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019

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“Carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriage. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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