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vessel
Synonyms and Antonyms of vessel
1
a large craft for travel by water
aircraft carrier, argosy, barge, coaster, collier, containership, corvette, cruiser, cutter, destroyer, ferryboat, flagship, freighter, icebreaker, ironclad, lightship, liner, man-of-war (also man-o'-war), merchantman, merchant ship, motor ship, packet, steamer, steamship, superliner, supertanker, tanker, trader, tramp, transport, warship, watercraft
bark (or barque), brig, brigantine, caravel, clipper, junk, ketch, sailboat, schooner, square-rigger, tall ship, windjammer, xebec, yacht
2
a small buoyant structure for travel on water
catboat, ketch, sailboat, schooner, yacht
bateau, caïque, canoe, catamaran, coracle, curragh (or currach), dhow, dinghy, dink, dory, dugout, flatboat, garvey, gig, johnboat, kayak, outrigger, paddleboat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon, pram, punt, raft, rowboat, rowing boat [chiefly British], sampan, scow, scull, shallop, shell, skiff, surfboat, umiak, wherry
cruiser, inboard, motorboat, outboard, powerboat
auxiliary, bumboat, cutter, jolly boat, launch, lifeboat, longboat, tender, yawl
barge, hoy, keel, keelboat, lighter, narrow boat [British]
ferry, ferryboat, gondola, taxi, water taxi
banker, coble, dragger, gillnetter, hooker, lugger, scalloper, seiner, shrimper, trawler, whaleboat, whaler, workboat
3
a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food)
4
something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation
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