war vessel

Thesaurus

Noun

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war vessel - a government ship that is available for waging warcombat ship, warshipaircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop, carrier - a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landingsbattleship, battlewagon - large and heavily armoured warshipcapital ship - a warship of the first rank in size and armamentconning tower - an armored pilothouse on a warshipcorvette - a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyercruiser - a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyerdestroyer, guided missile destroyer - a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warshipdestroyer escort - warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoysfrigate - a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiserfrigate - a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuriesguard ship - a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadronironclad - a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armorman-of-war, ship of the line - a warship intended for combatmilitary vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forcesnaval gun - naval weaponry consisting of a large gun carried on a warshipprivateer - a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nationship - a vessel that carries passengers or freightsloop of war - a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one decksubmersible warship, submersible - a warship designed to operate under watersurface ship - a warship that operates on the surface of the waterthree-decker - a warship carrying guns on three deckstorpedo boat - small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal watersarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit