Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for gas station. Search instead for Bus station.
Synonyms

gas station

American  

noun

  1. service station.

gas station British  

noun

  1. another term for filling station

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gas station

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A credit-card reader at the gas station or grocery store checks my credit and authorizes purchases in seconds.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

At the gas station, former government official Shariful Islam said he had already waited for three hours elsewhere, but "the pump stopped refuelling, as there was no oil left".

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The next stop on our tour was a gas station.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

However, the fuel the IndyCar series uses differs significantly from what that comes out of the pump at the gas station.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

I walked through gas station and motel forecourts and across restaurant parking lots, clambered over concrete barriers, crossed lawns, and pushed through neglected ranks of privet or honeysuckle at property boundaries.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.