Synonyms of boats

boats 1 of 2

noun

plural of boat

1

as in vessels

a small buoyant structure for travel on water

paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vessels
• yachts
• canoes
• kayaks
• crafts
• rafts
• ferries
• schooners
• lifeboats
• taxis
• cruisers
• taxies
• barges
• watercrafts
• cutters
• sailboats
• skiffs
• motorboats
• rowboats
• dinghies
• pontoons
• catamarans
• flatboats
• shells
• dories
• powerboats
• batteaux
• scows
• bateaux
• pirogues
• sampans
• ketches
• outboards
• punts
• bottoms
• dhows
• outriggers
• coracles
• houseboats
• paddleboats
• longboats
• inboards
• towboats
• pinnaces
• tubs
• sculls
• keels
• shallops
• riverboats
• keelboats
• wherries
• prams
• tugboats
• yawls
• ferryboats
• catboats
• dugouts
• surfboats
• tugs
• gigs
• lighters
• currachs
• dinks
• workboats
• gondolas
• tender
• whaleboats
• trawlers
• umiaks
• auxiliaries
• seiners
• whalers
• bankers
• hoys
• rowing boats
• piraguas
• luggers
• hydroplanes
• hookers
• gillnetters
• airboats
• bumboats
• launches
• shrimpers
• water taxis
• johnboats
• hydrofoils
• draggers
• curraghs
• torpedo boats
• cobles
• PT boats
• narrow boats
• caïques
• scallopers
• jolly boats
• hovercrafts
• assault boats
• garveys
• cockleshells
• air-cushion vehicles

2

as in ships

a large craft for travel by water

you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ships
• vessels
• liners
• warships
• freighters
• yachts
• steamships
• keels
• schooners
• tankers
• steamers
• barges
• cruisers
• ferryboats
• watercrafts
• cutters
• sailboats
• corvettes
• supertankers
• merchantmen
• traders
• coasters
• merchant ships
• men-of-war
• lightships
• barques
• containerships
• colliers
• aircraft carriers
• ironclads
• flagships
• motor ships
• argosies
• destroyers
• transports
• tramps
• superliners
• ketches
• packets
• icebreakers
• brigantines
• brigs
• caravels
• windjammers
• clippers
• men-o'-war
• tall ships
• barks
• junk
• square-riggers
• xebecs

boats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of boat

as in sails

to travel on water in a vessel

boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sails
• ferries
• ships (out)
• cruises
• voyages
• yachts
• canoes
• kayaks
• takes ship
• navigates
• makes sail
• coasts