Dictionary 1. (a.) Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.2. (a.) Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal. 3. (n.) A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. Thesaurus aeromechanical ambulant ambulative ambulatory automechanical automobile automotive biomechanical circuit-riding expeditionary globe-girdling globe-trotting going horseless itinerant itinerary journeying locomotor mechanical mechanistic moving mundivagant on tour passing pedestrian perambulating perambulatory peregrinative peregrine peripatetic pilgrimlike progressing self-drive self-moved self-moving self-propelled strolling touring touristic touristy transportational traveling trekking vehicular walking wayfaring zoomechanical |