Synonyms for wheel

noun

1. A thin, circular body that turns on an axis

   disk, ratchet, ring, hoop, roller, roulette, caster, drum, ferris wheel, wheel trolley, flywheel, cogwheel, steering wheel, sprocket, wheel, chain wheel, water wheel, noria, sakieh.

2. A two-wheeled vehicle

   bicycle, velocipede, tandem, bike*.

3. Machinery; often used figuratively

   motive power, dynamo, engine, apparatus, motor, engine, controlling force, instrumentality.

4. *An important person

   personage, big wheel*, big shot*, V.I.P.*; see celebrity 2.

at the wheel