MAN-OF-WAR Synonyms
4 hypernyms for man-of-war. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for MAN-OF-WAR
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| battleship | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • large and heavily armoured warship | ||||||
| cruiser | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters • a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer • a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board | ||||||
| destroyer | noun n | |||||
noun • a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship • a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | ||||||
| frigate | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries • a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser | ||||||
| warship | noun n | |||||
noun • a government ship that is available for waging war | ||||||
| aircraft carrier | noun n | |||||
noun • a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | ||||||
| bluebottle | noun n | |||||
noun • an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers • blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight | ||||||
| jellyfish | noun n | |||||
noun • large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles • any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans | ||||||
| portuguese man-of-war | noun n | |||||
noun • large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | ||||||
| ship of the line | noun n | |||||
noun • a warship intended for combat | ||||||