Definition of Coach

1. Noun. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.

Exact synonyms: Handler, Manager
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Specialized synonyms: Baseball Coach, Baseball Manager, Basketball Coach, Conditioner, Football Coach, Hockey Coach, Tennis Coach
Generic synonyms: Trainer
Specialized synonyms: John Joseph Mcgraw, John Mcgraw, Mcgraw
Derivative terms: Handle, Manage, Managership

2. Verb. Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports. "She is coaching the crew"
Exact synonyms: Train
Related verbs: Train
Generic synonyms: Instruct, Learn, Teach
Derivative terms: Coaching, Trainer, Training

3. Noun. A person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.).
Exact synonyms: Private Instructor, Tutor
Category relationships: Singing, Vocalizing
Specialized synonyms: Crammer
Generic synonyms: Instructor, Teacher
Derivative terms: Tutorial, Tutorship

4. Verb. Drive a coach.
Category relationships: Driving
Generic synonyms: Drive

5. Noun. A railcar where passengers ride.

6. Noun. A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver.
Exact synonyms: Coach-and-four, Four-in-hand
Terms within: Box, Box Seat
Generic synonyms: Carriage, Equipage, Rig
Specialized synonyms: Stage, Stagecoach

7. Noun. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport. "He always rode the bus to work"
Exact synonyms: Autobus, Bus, Charabanc, Double-decker, Jitney, Motorbus, Motorcoach, Omnibus, Passenger Vehicle
Specialized synonyms: Minibus, School Bus, Trackless Trolley, Trolley Coach, Trolleybus
Generic synonyms: Public Transport
Terms within: Roof, Window
Group relationships: Fleet
Examples of category: Passenger, Rider
Derivative terms: Bus, Bus, Omnibus

Definition of Coach

1. n. A large, closed, four- wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.

2. v. t. To convey in a coach.

3. v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

Definition of Coach

1. Noun. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. ¹

2. Noun. (rail) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive. ¹

3. Noun. A trainer or instructor. ¹

4. Noun. (British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus. ¹

5. Noun. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck. ¹

6. Noun. That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare. ¹

7. Verb. (sports) To train. ¹

8. Verb. To instruct. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coach

1. to tutor or train [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coach

co-worker
co-workers
co-write
co-writes
co-writing
co-written
co-wrote
coaccumulation
coaccused
coaccuseds
coacervate
coacervated
coacervates
coacervation
coacervations
coach (current term)
coach-and-four
coach box
coach dog
coach gun
coach horse
coach house
coach lamp
coach roof
coach station
coach up
coachability
coachable
coachbox
coachboxes

Literary usage of Coach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"[Oxford' One day Stage-coach These are to give Notice to all Persons that have occasion to go to Oxford by coach; Let them repair to the Greyhound in ..."

2. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"coach to Berry Down, returning by Combe Martin and Watermouth (fare 2s. ... The coach ROAD quits the st at Combe Martin and describes a wide carve inland, ..."

3. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"Between London and Edinburgh, even so late as 1763, a fortnight was consumed, the coach only starting once a month. The intermediate Sunday was quietly ..."

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