houseboats

noun

plural of houseboat
1
as in riverboats

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2
as in RVs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseboats
  1. motorboats
  2. trailers
  3. powerboats
  4. homesteads
  5. canoes
  6. recreational vehicles
  7. skiffs
  8. mobile homes
Noun
  • French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of motorboats
Noun
  • Everyone’s back, including Marvel, so more trailers are on the way.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • None of the other trailers in this class come even close to that price, with the next cheapest being the $113,500 Pebble Flow base model.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of trailers
Noun
  • The event will feature some 40 wooden-hull vessels ranging from powerboats to sailboats and custom wooden craft.
    — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • These are all places where anglers, waterskiers, and other lake users have been running powerboats for more than 100 years.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of powerboats
Noun
  • Florida’s property tax system already shifts billions in property taxes from homesteads to non-homestead property.
    — Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
Definition of homesteads
Noun
  • For example, without a keel or rudder, the canoes are steered by just hand blades fighting all that force.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • On display were canoes, contemporary art pieces and other educational pieces.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 22, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of canoes
Noun
  • Interest in stargazing campsites is substantially larger than generally recognized, says Juliana Baena of RV Trader, an online classifieds site for buying and selling new and used recreational vehicles.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • No support to amend Councilman Luis Rodríguez, who supported the ordinance two years ago, made a motion to amend it to allow townhouses to park boats and other recreational vehicles.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Definition of recreational vehicles
Noun
  • Two men were badly burned—one died, and the other remains hospitalized—and the Fiorella’s owners lost two more skiffs.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • The same skiffs also take you to nearby lakes for a spot of swimming or piranha fishing; and on visits to remote villages.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of skiffs
Noun
  • About one-third of mobile homes are located in mobile home communities.
    — Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of mobile homes
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