Synonyms of longboat

longboat

noun

as in lifeboat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lifeboat
• barge
• cutter
• riverboat
• houseboat
• yawl
• motorboat
• keel
• tender
• canoe
• jolly boat
• bumboat
• keelboat
• launch
• auxiliary
• powerboat
• skiff
• rowboat
• cruiser
• dinghy
• tugboat
• outboard
• raft
• pirogue
• kayak
• towboat
• flatboat
• pontoon
• surfboat
• shallop
• sampan
• pinnace
• ferry
• coracle
• inboard
• catamaran
• lighter
• ferryboat
• tug
• outrigger
• dhow
• paddleboat
• narrow boat
• hoy
• taxi
• yacht
• umiak
• gondola
• sailboat
• schooner
• scull
• scow
• johnboat
• boat
• wherry
• bateau
• dory
• curragh
• punt
• dugout
• currach
• whaleboat
• gig
• pram
• dink
• catboat
• water taxi
• whaler
• ketch
• shell
• piragua
• watercraft
• workboat
• rowing boat
• lugger
• trawler
• vessel
• hooker
• banker
• shrimper
• garvey
• dragger
• coble
• caïque
• seiner
• gillnetter
• scalloper
• craft
• bottom

Examples of longboat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Local participants, called guizers, celebrate their Norse heritage by dressing in Viking gear and marching through the town of Lerwick with battle axes and torches, dragging a ceremonial Viking longboat with them. —Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023

At the end of the procession, the guizers hurl their flaming torches onto the longboat and set it ablaze. —Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023

During the War of 1812, the original lightkeeper’s daughters, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, noticed a British warship approaching and launching a longboat to loot the town for supplies. —Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022

Each colorful tableau is crammed with weird and funny things: giant tomatoes, a waterfall shaped like a teakettle, gnomes in a longboat. —Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021