Synonyms for ship

Most common

boat · ark · keel

All synonyms

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

2. v. 1

   To send by water-borne transport.

Related words

Word family

shipboy shipbroken shipload shiplord shipmaster shipshape shipway shipworm

Phrases

ship out ship biscuit ship fever merchant ship bomb ship ship's boat cargo ship right the ship

Is a kind of

watercraft vessel

Forms

Plural

ships → boats, vessels, keels, arks…

Past participle

shipped
e.g. shipped → transported, sent, ferried, embarked…

Example sentences

• boat She caught sight of a rowing boat in the distance.
• ark How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
• keel I’m afraid she’ll keel over before she succeeds.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

ark¹

4 letters

send¹, boat¹, keel¹

5 letters

ferry²

6 letters

bottom², vessel², export², embark²

7 letters

forward²

9 letters

transport²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ferry² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

navire

Español

navío