Thesaurus results for FREIGHTER

freighter

noun

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of freighter The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that the vessels were a French ship and a British freighter. —

Max Rego, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026 On something huge like a North Sea passenger ferry or a freighter, just stopping the ship can take miles to accomplish, never mind putting about. —

David Szondy april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026 The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026 So on Tuesday the lights shimmered only on the northern side, casting their glow over the Ferry Building, Fisherman’s Wharf, China Basin, commuter ferries and a large freighter that passed beneath the bridge’s roadbed. —

Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for freighter

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For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship.

— Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line).

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026