Synonyms of lifeboat

lifeboat

noun

as in longboat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• longboat
• yawl
• barge
• cutter
• tender
• riverboat
• auxiliary
• keel
• houseboat
• launch
• jolly boat
• keelboat
• tugboat
• dinghy
• rowboat
• motorboat
• bumboat
• powerboat
• raft
• outboard
• cruiser
• towboat
• surfboat
• inboard
• canoe
• skiff
• pontoon
• tug
• lighter
• yacht
• narrow boat
• kayak
• ferry
• catamaran
• hoy
• sailboat
• ferryboat
• pram
• coracle
• flatboat
• pinnace
• outrigger
• schooner
• pirogue
• scow
• bateau
• paddleboat
• shallop
• boat
• dory
• sampan
• taxi
• dhow
• gondola
• umiak
• shell
• johnboat
• dugout
• punt
• gig
• wherry
• currach
• whaleboat
• curragh
• catboat
• water taxi
• whaler
• scull
• trawler
• ketch
• dink
• rowing boat
• workboat
• vessel
• lugger
• watercraft
• banker
• piragua
• seiner
• coble
• shrimper
• garvey
• caïque
• hooker
• scalloper
• dragger
• gillnetter
• craft
• bottom

Examples of lifeboat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On July 10, their bodies were discovered washed ashore in their inflatable lifeboat on Sable Island, about 190 miles southeast of Halifax, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. —David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024

Titanic's lifeboats were not filled to capacity 15-ton piece of wreckage recovered The largest piece of wreckage recovered from Titanic, above, is a 15-ton section of the hull measuring 26 feet by 12 feet. —George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024

When the sea ice finally disintegrated in April 1916, the crew launched lifeboats and managed to reach Elephant Island five days later. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024

Shackleton and his crew piled into three lifeboats, then made a difficult five-day journey to uninhabited Elephant Island. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024