Thesaurus results for LONGBOAT

longboat

noun

Definition of longboat

as in lifeboat

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of longboat Traditional-style longboats cruise the rivers while skyscrapers with rooftop bars offer stunning views of the temples at night. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 The owner of the Nazila 05 told authorities the boat's captain had reported the vessel sank after its bow was broken by high waves during rough weather, and all crew managed to board a longboat before the ship went down, Rizal said. — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 There, everyone comes and goes on longboats that have awnings, a row of rudimentary seats, and a small outboard motor. — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026 Luckily, the zombies in 28 Years Later have yet to invent longboats, so the island society has been able to endure, albeit on a semi-permanent war footing. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for longboat

Recent Examples of Synonyms for longboat

Noun

Three of the nation's astronauts (or taikonauts) were left without a lifeboat for 10 days.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The Coast Guard has deployed two search and rescue planes as well as a helicopter and a motor lifeboat.

— Frank Langfitt, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of lifeboat

Noun

The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Alabama Jack’s rebuilt on a barge and reopened in March 1966.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

Ohtani got his bat head down to a cutter from former Dodgers pitcher Dustin May on the inside corner.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The Tampa is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter based in Portsmouth, Virginia, according to the Coast Guard.

— David Goodhue October 15, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutter

Noun

But on a franchise that leads with its D, that believes in punting to win, that only needs game managers to pull out ugly, grindy victories, Lock managed to keep his younger riverboat-gambler tendencies in check.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2026
Still, this riverboat gambler has faith in the talent and presumed quick-healing ability.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of riverboat

Noun

Tourism is down across Page, say local businesses, with visitors hesitant to rent an expensive houseboat for vacation when the water levels are dropping so precipitously.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
Now the church itself hosted dances and houseboat parties and sponsored a youth softball team of which Nell Fisher was the manager.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of houseboat

Noun

The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
The journey from the airport by sleek wooden motorboat must be one of the most spectacular transfers in the world.

— Mary Holland, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of motorboat

Browse Nearby Words

long agos

longboat

longboats

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Longboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longboat. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of longboat

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster on longboat

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

compunction

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes