All boat synonyms

noun boat

• dinghy — any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
• canoe — A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.
• sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
• yacht — a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
• craft — You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
• barge — A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals.
• raft — a great quantity; a lot: a raft of trouble.
• ship — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
• catamaran — A catamaran is a sailing boat with two parallel hulls that are held in place by a single deck.
• schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
• gondola — a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used especially on the canals of Venice, Italy.
• bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
• hulk — the body of an old or dismantled ship.
• launch — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
• skiff — any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
• bucket — A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
• bark — When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.
• ark — In the Bible, the ark was a large boat which Noah built in order to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood.
• lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
• ketch — a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
• steamboat — a steam-driven vessel, especially a small one or one used on inland waters.
• dory — a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
• pinnace — a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
• scow — any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
• sloop — a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
• tub — a bathtub.
• bateau — a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US