Synonyms of ships

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noun

plural of ship

as in boats

a large craft for travel by water

a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boats
• vessels
• warships
• freighters
• liners
• steamships
• schooners
• yachts
• keels
• tankers
• steamers
• barges
• cruisers
• merchantmen
• men-of-war
• ironclads
• corvettes
• cutters
• lightships
• traders
• transports
• containerships
• supertankers
• destroyers
• ferryboats
• colliers
• merchant ships
• flagships
• coasters
• aircraft carriers
• motor ships
• brigs
• packets
• brigantines
• sailboats
• caravels
• argosies
• icebreakers
• tramps
• watercrafts
• barks
• tall ships
• junk
• windjammers
• clippers
• superliners
• ketches
• square-riggers
• xebecs

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sends
• transports
• dispatches
• transfers
• transmits
• packs (off)
• shoots
• consigns
• renders
• delivers
• exports
• launches
• passes
• imports
• addresses
• conveys
• advances
• drops
• returns
• forwards
• hands over
• presents
• gives
• donates
• contributes
• bestows
• resends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receives
• accepts
• gets
• draws
• acquires
• obtains
• gains
• earns
• secures
• procures
• garners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ships

Noun

Under the proposal which Iran and Oman have been negotiating for several days, ships entering the strait would use the route closest to Iran, under Tehran's coordination, sources said. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

For orbital cargo delivery, these early decisions may include where to put launch and landing sites, how to load and unload the orbital payloads to trucks or ships, and how many rockets to build. — Euihyeon Choi, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Lasers have long been the stuff of science fiction battles, but are yet to be used in combat after 50 years of testing — although the British navy is close to deploying a weapon on some ships. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

How much information would Iran demand about ships’ cargoes and destinations? — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Modern commercial ships usually rely on massive diesel engines linked straight to a propeller shaft. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC Tuesday that a deal to allow commercial ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz could be struck this week. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

If starry galaxies are like bright ships on a cosmic sea, then supermassive black holes are like their dark anchors. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

Verb

The future of software security will not be defined by who ships the most code. — Varun Badhwar, Forbes.com, 6 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

The company builds data centers at its two California facilities and ships them to states including Nevada, Arizona and Texas. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026

Saudi Arabia ships roughly 230,000 barrels of diesel through the Suez Canal from refineries close to Yemen, putting them at risk of Houthi attack, according to Homayoun Falakshahi, head of crude oil analysis at Kpler. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

The Razr+ ships with Android 16, and comes with three years of Android OS upgrades and five years of bi-monthly security updates. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026

Simon Boyd’s firm makes prefabricated steel structures on the south coast of England and ships them to customers as far away as Ghana and Barbados. — Danica Kirka, Fortune, 22 June 2026

But just to stay focused on Google for one second, the knock on Google historically is this is a company that ships lots and lots of products. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 May 2026

The brand also ships through Goldbelly. — Connie Ogle may 23, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026