SHIPS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

ships 1 of 2

noun

plural of ship

as in boats

a large craft for travel by water a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean

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ships

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ship

as in sends

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another we shipped those books out yesterday

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Recent Examples of ships

Noun

Another 2% of the global workforce is employed indirectly — heavy equipment and ships, for example, don't build themselves. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 According to data from shipping publication and intelligence company Lloyd’s List, crossings through the Bab el-Mandeb strait by ships above 18,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) have jumped from one in 2025 to 44 so far this year. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 Disruption can force ships to reroute around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, adding significant time and cost to voyages. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 The most discerning of them, especially those who draw on the decades-long expertise of Tully Luxury Travel advisors, choose to cruise with Silversea, whose intimate expedition ships thoughtfully blend adventure and refined comfort. — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2026 Now, by targeting infrastructure and ships near the Red Sea port complex of Yanbu, the Houthis are threatening the transit of oil exports northward through Egypt as well. — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026 What sets Seabourn apart is that its smaller ships can visit ports of call less frequented by larger vessels. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026 Five vessels, including two navy ships, were deployed in the search operation, with personnel from the National Search and Rescue Agency, the military and the police involved. — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 That matters when multiple ships and sensors must build a common picture of an incoming threat. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

The toolkit has quietly powered World ID since April and now ships publicly under an MIT license after roughly two years of development and an independent audit by Least Authority. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 Everyone who ships to the Half-Way House still must declare their items at a customs office about 100 feet away. — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Nobody ships the package first and discovers the bad address three weeks later. — Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Porky Pig and Daffy Duck aren’t celebrities but second-class citizens forced to order their shoddy goods from Acme, a monopoly that ships everything in oddly familiar blue and brown boxes. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The flower ships directly to their new doorstep and comes beautifully arranged with moss and a support stake. — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026 Hernández sells bunches of medicinal herbs — his most popular online item — and ships them all over the country. — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 The software also ships with a surprisingly large library of pre-tuned Qidi filament profiles built in, covering everything from standard PLA and PETG to higher-temperature engineering materials. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 When shopping through an online marketplace, check the seller’s identity, not only who ships the order. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 27 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ships

Noun

The boats can collect measurements including sea-surface temperature, air temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, salinity and water density.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Traditionalists scoffed at the ‘plastic’ boats, but the Swan 36 featured a revolutionary underwater design.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of boats

Verb

Among the most destructive munitions in Western military arsenals, an MK-84 explosion sends metal fragments in every direction for thousands of feet, can rip through metal and thick concrete, and often creates large craters in the earth.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Cregger’s update follows a medical courier (played by Austin Abrams) who is in the middle of making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital when a zombie outbreak sends him into a fight for survival.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sends

Noun

Between 26 and 35 vessels per day have transited this week, down from the 35 to 40 daily average of the prior eight weeks, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, maritime risk and compliance manager at Kpler.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The carrier’s return also highlights the continuing importance of maintenance and modernization in keeping large naval vessels operational decades after their commissioning.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of vessels

Verb

But this sleekly miserable noir about the aftermath of a feckless man’s confrontation with his wife’s younger lover transports the stuff of archetype into Putin’s Russia.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Satellite photos show the extent of the damage caused by a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, a highly strategic network that transports crude oil from Abqaiq on the kingdom's eastern Gulf coast to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of transports

Noun

At least five San Diego warships will participate in RimPac, as well as dozens of foreign vessels, including BAP Pisco, a Peruvian amphibious warship that arrived in San Diego on Monday.

— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026