Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun piggyback

1 sense of piggyback

Sense 1
piggyback -- (the act of carrying something piggyback)
       => carry -- (the act of carrying something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb piggyback

5 senses of piggyback

Sense 1
piggyback -- (ride on someone's shoulders or back)
       => ride -- (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day")

Sense 2
piggyback -- (haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars)
       => haul -- (transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market")

Sense 3
piggyback -- (haul by railroad car)
       => haul -- (transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market")

Sense 4
piggyback -- (support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show")
       => hold, carry, bear -- (support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright")

Sense 5
piggyback -- (bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Synonyms of adv piggyback

2 senses of piggyback

Sense 1
piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back -- (on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country")

Sense 2
piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back -- (on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback")