Synonyms of ferries

ferries 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ferry

1

as in transports

to support and take from one place to another

there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transports
• hauls
• carries
• ships
• sends
• brings
• carts
• packs
• conveys
• totes
• lugs
• transfers
• delivers
• bears
• takes
• transmits
• moves
• hands over
• forwards
• shifts
• fetches
• removes

2

as in boats

to travel on water in a vessel

we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

ferries

2 of 2

noun

plural of ferry

as in ferryboats

Related Words

• ferryboats
• taxis
• gondolas
• tugboats
• towboats
• tugs
• barges
• water taxis
• bankers
• workboats
• whalers
• whaleboats
• seiners
• luggers
• hookers
• keels
• gillnetters
• lighters
• shrimpers
• keelboats
• draggers
• trawlers
• lifeboats
• longboats
• tender
• cutters
• scallopers
• cobles
• hoys
• yawls
• narrow boats
• riverboats
• bumboats
• cockleshells
• motorboats
• airboats
• tubs
• auxiliaries
• hydroplanes
• hovercrafts
• launches
• houseboats
• hydrofoils
• jolly boats
• outboards
• powerboats
• cruisers
• inboards
• air-cushion vehicles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ferries

Verb

The blockage of the strait, which normally ferries 20% of the world's oil, sent global energy prices soaring. — Kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026

Iran has effectively halted trade traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime trade route that ferries roughly 20% of the world’s petroleum. — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026

The whippet-fast lift system got even more efficient this season with the introduction of the Explorer Gondola, the world’s speediest 10-person gondola that ferries skiers from base to peak on heated seats. — Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026

In late November, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which ferries 80% of all Kazakh oil supplies from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea, said it had been attacked twice in four days. — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025

The fanciest, most famous restaurants are still doing mostly table service, but just about every other establishment has been conscripted into the army that ferries hot food out of professional kitchens and into American mouths 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025

Mirage ferries Noah to the Autobots' rendezvous point, much to Optimus Prime's dismay. — Rendy Jones August 27, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025