- avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave - any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
--1 is a kind of artistic movement, art movement
- vanguard, van - the leading units moving at the head of an army
--2 is a kind of army unit
- van, caravan - a camper equipped with living quarters
--3 is a kind of camper, camping bus, motor home
- van - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
--4 is a kind of truck, motortruck
--4 has particulars:bookmobile; delivery truck, delivery van, panel truck; laundry truck; milk float; moving van; passenger van; police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon, black Maria