Synonyms of man-of-war

man-of-war

noun

variants also man-o'-war

as in steamer

Related Words

• steamer
• merchantman
• warship
• steamship
• barge
• freighter
• tanker
• ferryboat
• cruiser
• ship
• lightship
• trader
• cutter
• collier
• watercraft
• corvette
• merchant ship
• flagship
• liner
• aircraft carrier
• containership
• ironclad
• supertanker
• transport
• coaster
• tramp
• destroyer
• boat
• keel
• motor ship
• icebreaker
• argosy
• superliner
• packet
• brig
• schooner
• brigantine
• vessel
• yacht
• caravel
• bark
• sailboat
• ketch
• clipper
• square-rigger
• junk
• windjammer
• xebec
• tall ship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of man-of-war

Melville wrote two more sailing novels that blended fiction and nonfiction based on his experiences on a merchant vessel (Redburn) and a man-of-war (White-Jacket), neither of which succeeded. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026

Somewhere over the course of their evolution, the class of hydrozoans — which includes certain kinds of jellyfish, hydras, and colonial siphonophores such as the Portuguese man-of-war — lost the genes that operate circadian clocks in the rest of the animal kingdom. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026

Chad Ryan’s scenic design of George and Martha’s rotting-from-the-inside house is decorated with the symbols of war, like a framed sword, a model man-of-war battleship and a bust of Napoleon. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, meaning it is made up of a colony of organisms that each have a special function, according to the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. — Caroline Wilburn, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026

Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site. — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024

My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England. — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023

Just as airpower eventually killed off the great men-of-war that had ruled the waves for millennia, so cyberweapons might strip other weapons or tactics of their utility. — Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022