Synonyms of cruises

cruises 1 of 2

noun

plural of cruise

as in voyages

a journey over water in a vessel

took a luxury cruise for their first wedding anniversary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• voyages
• crossings
• sails
• passages

cruises

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cruise

1

as in roams

to move about from place to place aimlessly

the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roams
• wanders
• strolls
• drifts
• floats
• ranges
• meanders
• roves
• traipses
• rambles
• knocks (about)
• gallivants
• mooches
• bats
• saunters
• maunders
• gads (about)
• ambles
• mopes
• kicks around
• dawdles
• tramps
• vagabonds
• strays
• mills (about or around)
• straggles
• hobos

2

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• sails
• glides
• drifts
• races
• sweeps
• slides
• streams
• slips
• bowls
• speeds
• brushes
• rolls
• flies
• coasts
• rushes
• breezes
• whisks
• skims

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• flounders
• stumbles
• limps
• shuffles
• stamps
• trudges
• plods
• lumbers
• stomps
• tramps
• labors
• stumps
• toils
• shambles

3

as in sails

to travel on water in a vessel

cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cruises

Noun

Unlike conventional cruises which travel long distances mainly for leisure and stop only briefly at ports to offload tourists, key Norwegian routes like Bergen-Kirkenes serve multiple functions at once. — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The Poseidon cruises at speeds approaching 490 knots and operates at altitudes up to 41,000 feet. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Travel + Leisure released its annual World’s Best Awards on Tuesday, July 7, highlighting a number of the best cities across the world — as well as cruises, hotels, tours and more — based on readers’ votes. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Norwegian offers several Alaska cruises that will bring you to places where beauty is standard, and always awe-inspiring. — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Available cruises on Legend currently start at $773 per person based on double occupancy, including taxes and fees, according to Royal Caribbean’s website. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Walter has conducted auctions on Tom Joyner cruises and at fundraisers for organizations such as Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Links. — Sheryl Nance-Nash, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026

Walks along the coastline, mountain hikes, biking, kayaking and canoeing and narrated boat cruises are all favorite pastimes at Acadia. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

These leaf peeping cruises also afford the chance to visit smaller towns like Camden and Rockland, Maine or Halifax, Nova Scotia. — Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Verb

Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a time with little to do other than passively collect data. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 July 2026

The third main character, a livestreamer named Jake Deal, cruises the night looking for chaos while narrating to his audience. — Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Taking off from a base beside Harry Reid International Airport, the chopper cruises up the east side of The Strip — high above The Sphere — before looping around downtown Las Vegas and down Interstate-15 along the west side of The Strip. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

France cruises past Sweden, 3-0 France is through to the Round of 16 after blowing away Sweden, 3-0, with star man Kylian Mbappé scoring twice to ease passage to the next phase. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Cristie Kerr cruises to a 12-stroke victory in the LPGA Championship in one of the most lopsided wins at a major. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

Whether your cart navigates the back nine, cruises the cul-de-sac, patrols the campground, or anchors an off-grid lifestyle, this upgrade extends beyond performance considerations. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026

As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane. — Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026

The aircraft cruises at 75 knots and can sprint at 90 knots. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026