boat synonyms

boat

n.

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*

in the same situation, in the same predicament, on the same footing, in the same fix*; see equal.

miss the boat*

miss, fall short, neglect, blow it*; see fail 1.

rock the boat*

upset, disturb, disrupt, make waves*; see confuse.

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