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Synonyms for freighter

  • noun

Most common

dock worker loader longshoreman stevedore merchant ship merchantman cargo ship airfreighter

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Stevedore — one who loads a ship

dock worker, stevedore, longshoreman, loader, docker, lader

2. Merchant ship

merchant ship, merchantman, bottom

3. Cargo ship

cargo ship, cargo vessel, charterer

Other

airfreighter

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who loads a ship.

    Near-synonyms: docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman; loader

  2. n. 2

    One who charters and loads a ship.

  3. n. 3

    One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.

Related words

Is a kind of
customer

Forms

Plural
freighters → stevedores, longshoremen, loaders, dockers…

Example sentences

  • loader Have you ever driven a front loader?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
freightersteady
loaderfalling
longshoremanfalling
stevedorefalling

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

By length

5 letters
lader2
6 letters
bottom2, loader2, docker2
9 letters
stevedore3, charterer
11 letters
merchantman
12 letters
longshoreman, airfreighter

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lader2 = 2 syllables).