Synonyms of port

port

noun

ˈpȯrt 

as in anchorage

a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships

the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anchorage
• harbor
• dock
• bay
• cove
• roads
• marina
• haven
• lagoon
• channel
• inlet
• estuary
• canal
• basin
• harborage
• mooring
• seaport
• roadstead
• narrow
• sound
• loch
• gulf
• fjord
• bight
• strait
• moorage
• creek
• embayment
• arm
• home port
• firth
• lough
• containerport

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of port

As part of the project, the port will develop a new truck route for the LIT, which will connect it to federal highways in an effort to reduce local traffic impacts. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026

On trade, an artisanal approach would mean investing in new infrastructure nodes built around corridors and ports, such as the Lobito Corridor, a logistics route connecting mineral-rich central Africa to the Atlantic. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

The Lobito Corridor is an economic artery comprised of ports, railways, processing facilities, and logistics hubs connecting the Angolan port of Lobito with the mineral-rich Katanga region of the DRC and northern Zambia. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Union forces had taken New Orleans in 1862, leaving Mobile, Alabama, as the Confederates’ prize port on the Gulf Coast. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing port

• make port