Synonyms for berth

Most common

mooring · moorage · bed · tie-up · bunk · berthage

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

unberth

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore. A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.

2. n. 2

   Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore. A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.

3. v. 1

   To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).

Related words

Word family

berthage

Forms

Plural

berths → places, positions, offices, situations…

Past participle

berthed
e.g. berthed → docked, wharfed, moored…

Example sentences

• mooring The boat's got a mooring in the harbour.
• bed There's nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed.
• bunk How about we bunk off school and go to the beach?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bed¹

4 letters

post¹, slip¹, dock¹, bunk¹, moor¹

5 letters

place¹, wharf¹

6 letters

office²

7 letters

mooring², moorage

8 letters

position³, berthage

9 letters

situation⁴

10 letters

employment³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (office² = 2 syllables).

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