Synonyms of shipwrecks

shipwrecks 1 of 2

noun

plural of shipwreck

as in disasters

something that has failed

finally admitted that their marriage was a shipwreck and that the time had come to bail out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• catastrophes
• disappointments
• bombs
• busts
• losers
• washouts
• frosts
• lemons
• flops
• fiascoes
• misses
• debacles
• duds
• clinkers
• turkeys
• messes
• clunkers
• dogs
• bummers
• fizzles
• hashes
• shambles
• has-beens
• near misses
• botches
• nonevents
• also-rans
• muddles
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• hits
• winners
• blockbusters
• phenomena
• smashes
• dandies
• corkers
• crackerjacks
• jim-dandies

shipwrecks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shipwreck

as in wrecks

to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking

the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrecks
• beaches
• scuttles
• strands
• founders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovers
• salvages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shipwrecks

Noun

This is a scuba diver’s paradise; Kea is surrounded by several shipwrecks, including that of the Britannic, the sister ship to the Titanic, and the paddlewheel steamboat Patris. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

In the mouth of the River Thames, just downstream from London, a team of elite marine salvors has been busy trying to stabilize one of the world’s most dangerous shipwrecks. — William Booth, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Florida’s Palm Beaches offer more than 160 dive sites, including reefs, shipwrecks, shark encounters, and enormous goliath groupers. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

Still, the agency warned the true death toll is likely much higher as many shipwrecks and disappearances cannot be confirmed and go unrecorded. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

The group lives off of the materials from shipwrecks and makes a life for themselves in the trees. — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent months have also yielded Nazi vehicles, British WWII mines, and multiple historic shipwrecks. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

For Cline, Day Drinker will test whether her huge online following and all those fans who’ve spent the past six years watching her survive shipwrecks and shootouts on Netflix are ready to follow her onto dry land and into movie theaters. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

The episode featured diving among shipwrecks, helping monks at the Holy Transfiguration Skete, a Byzantine Catholic monastery in the Keweenaw Peninsula. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, young boys gradually become feral and sadistic when trapped on an island together, and in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Prospero magically shipwrecks his brother and his allies so that they will all be exiled together under his watch. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026