OMNIBUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does omnibus mean? 

• OMNIBUS (noun)
  The noun OMNIBUS has 2 senses:

1. an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

2. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

  Familiarity information: OMNIBUS used as a noun is rare.

• OMNIBUS (adjective)
  The adjective OMNIBUS has 1 sense:

1. providing for many things at once

  Familiarity information: OMNIBUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OMNIBUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("omnibus" is a kind of...):

anthology (a collection of selected literary passages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle

Context example:

he always rode the bus to work

Hypernyms ("omnibus" is a kind of...):

public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "omnibus"):

roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)

window (a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened)

Domain member category:

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omnibus"):

minibus (a light bus (4 to 10 passengers))

school bus (a bus used to transport children to or from school)

trackless trolley; trolley coach; trolleybus (a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires)

Holonyms ("omnibus" is a member of...):

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)

Derivation:

omnibus (providing for many things at once)

• OMNIBUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Providing for many things at once

Context example:

an omnibus law

Similar:

comprehensive (including all or everything)

Derivation:

omnibus (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport)

 Context examples 

With this idea in her head, she hailed an approaching omnibus with such a hasty gesture that the daisies flew out of the pot and were badly damaged.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Bless me, child, you will have to charter an omnibus to carry them about.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Once there, she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolled away to town, looking very merry and mysterious.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

As the omnibus contained only one other passenger, a sleepy old lady, Amy pocketed her veil and beguiled the tedium of the way by trying to find out where all her money had gone to.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)