- boat
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. See ship.II(Roget's IV) n.Syn. vessel, bark, sailboat, yacht, steamboat, craft, watercraft, bottom, hulk; see also ship .Types of small boats include: rowboat, shell, scull, kayak, dugout, canoe, scow, jolly boat, raft, pinnace, launch, cockboat, motorboat, shallop, dory, Johnboat, galiot, catboat, tartan, sharp, pulk, hydrofoil, speedboat, sunfish, yawl, iceboat, sloop, cutter, ketch, schooner, gig, lifeboat, tugboat, barge, cockleshell, wherry, punt, outrigger, dinghy, pontoon, bateau, pirogue, racer, hydroplane, catamaran, trimaran, skiff, umiak, gondola, proa, longboat, coracle, war canoe, clam boat, Baltimore buckeye, settee, bombard, flatboat, junk, collapsible boat, sponson, sharpie, ferry, houseboat, river boat, canal boat.• in the same boat*,Syn. in the same situation, in the same predicament, on the same footing, in the same fix*; see equal .• miss the boat*,Syn. miss, fall short, neglect, blow it*; see fail 1 .• rock the boat*,Syn. upset, disturb, disrupt, make waves*; see confuse .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.vessel, watercraft, tub, ship, motorboat, sailboat, jet ski.WORD FIND• air-propelled: airboat• double-hulled sailboat: catamaran• emergency vessel: lifeboat• fishing: trawler, dragger, longliner, dogger, smack, whaler, sportfisherman• flat-bottomed carrier: barge, scow• flat-bottomed, pole-propelled: punt, ark• flat-bottomed vessel used in construction on water: pontoon• gondolier’s song: barcarole• house on water: houseboat• Italian: gondola, vaporetto• log, hollowed out: dugout, pirogue• motorboat, small: runabout• narrow-hulled racing boat rowed by as many as eight: shell• narrow, racing boat rowed by one, two or four rowers: scull• old: hulk• Oriental, flat-bottomed river and coast boat: sampan, junk• pleasure cruiser: cabin cruiser, yacht• race/event: regatta• racing boat: cigarette boat, hydrofoil• rowboat: canoe, kayak, dinghy, shell, dory, gig, skiff, umiak (eskimo)• service craft: tender• shuttle of passengers, freight: ferry• steam-propelled: paddle steamer, steamboat• triple-hulled sailboat: trimaran
English dictionary for students. 2013.