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Synonyms for larboard

Most common

port proper left backboard leeboard

All synonyms

Noun

Forms

Plural
larboards → lefts, ports, backboards, leeboards…

Example sentences

  • port Owing to the storm, the ship could not leave port.
  • backboard The washstand had a small mirror attached to its backboard.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
larboardrising
portsteady
backboardrising
leeboardsteady

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

By length

4 letters
left1, port1
8 letters
leeboard
9 letters
backboard2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (backboard2 = 2 syllables).