Synonyms for submarine

Most common

hero · sub · bomber · hoagie

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A boat that can go underwater.

2. adj. 1

   Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

   Near-synonym: submerged (synonymous in "being underwater" sense)

Related words

Word family

subaquatic submariner submarinist

Phrases

submarine sandwich nuclear submarine pizza submarine sandwich unidentified submarine object

Is a kind of

boat watercraft vessel vehicle sandwich

Other spellings

submarine sandwich

Forms

Plural

submarines → torpedoes, subs, bombers, heroes…

Example sentences

• hero At that time the snow plow was certainly our hero.
• sub Berber traders spread Islam in sub-Saharan Africa.
• bomber Tom seems to be unwilling to be a suicide bomber.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

sub¹, zep

4 letters

hero²

5 letters

wedge¹

6 letters

bomber², subsea, hoagie²

7 letters

torpedo³, grinder², spuckie, pigboat

8 letters

undersea³

9 letters

submerged²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hero² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

sous-marin

Español

submarino

Deutsch

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