All warship synonyms
war·ship
W w noun warship
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- corvette — A corvette is a small fast warship that is used to protect other ships from attack.
- cutter — A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- frigate — a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- gunboat — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- cruiser — A cruiser is a motor boat which has an area for people to live or sleep in.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.