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houseboats

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plural of houseboat

Synonyms of houseboats

1 as in riverboats

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for houseboats

riverboats

cruisers,
inboards,
motorboats,
outboards,
powerboats

auxiliaries,
bumboats,
cutters,
jolly boats,
launches,
lifeboats,
longboats,
tender,
yawls

bateaux
(also batteaux),
caïques,
canoes,
catamarans,
coracles,
curraghs
(or currachs),
dhows,
dinghies,
dinks,
dories,
dugouts,
flatboats,
garveys,
gigs,
johnboats,
kayaks,
outriggers,
paddleboats,
pinnaces,
piraguas,
pirogues,
pontoons,
prams,
punts,
rafts,
rowboats,
rowing boats
[chiefly British],
sampans,
scows,
sculls,
shallops,
shells,
skiffs,
surfboats,
umiaks,
wherries

barges,
hoys,
keelboats,
keels,
lighters,
narrow boats
[British]

catboats,
ketches,
sailboats,
schooners,
yachts

towboats,
tugboats,
tugs

boats,
bottoms,
crafts,
vessels,
watercrafts

ferries,
ferryboats,
gondolas,
taxis
(also taxies),
water taxis

bankers,
cobles,
draggers,
gillnetters,
hookers,
luggers,
scallopers,
seiners,
shrimpers,
trawlers,
whaleboats,
whalers,
workboats

2 as in trailers, RVs

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for houseboats

double-wides,
house trailers,
mobile homes,
motor homes,
recreational vehicles,
RVs,
trailers

farmhouses,
granges,
haciendas,
homesteads

hermitages,
manses,
parsonages,
rectories,
vicarages

castles,
châteaus
(or châteaux),
countryseats,
estates,
halls,
manor houses,
manors,
mansions,
McMansions,
palaces,
villas

hooches
(or hootches)
[slang],
hovels,
hutches,
huts,
shacks,
shanties

barracks,
billets,
boardinghouses,
dormitories,
dorms,
flophouses,
lodging houses,
lodgments
(or lodgements),
rooming houses,
rooms

penthouses,
salons,
suites

apartment houses,
apartments,
condominiums
(also condominia),
condos,
flats,
tenement houses,
tenements,
walk-ups

duplexes,
ranches,
ranch houses,
saltboxes,
semis
[chiefly British],
split levels,
townhomes,
town houses,
tract houses,
triplexes

bungalows,
cabins,
casitas,
chalets,
cottages

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