Ferry

/ˈfɛɹ.i/

Synonyms for "ferry" (190 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(3 words)

access aeroplane airlift airplane aisle alley almadia ambulatory aperture arcade ark artery auxiliary avenue balloon bargebe airbornebear boat buck

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bus buss canoecargo boatcart cat catamaran channel cloister coach cockle cockleshell cog colonnade communication

Strong matches (57)

conduit connection convey coracle corridorcovered waycruise cruiser cutter defile dinghydispatch boatdray drift drifter dugout exit ferryboatfishing boatflit

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float fly ford funny gallery galley gig glide glider gondola haul hop houseboat hover hoy hump hydrofoil hydroplane inlet interchange intersection ja jag jet jollyjolly boatjunction kayak lane launch

Noun(7 words)

conveyferry operationferry serviceferryboats ferrying haul jitney

Related words (95)

lifeboat lighter longboat lug mailer motorboat navigate opening outboard outletoutrigger canoeoverpass pack pass passage passageway pilotpilot boatpinnace piragua

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pirogue pontoon porticopost boatpram punt racerracing shellraftrailroad tunnelrandan rowboatrowing boatrunabout sail sailplane sampan scooter scow scull seaplane shallop shell ship showboat skiff sled sledgesmall boatsneakbox soar stimulating surfboat taketake the airtake wingtote towboat traject trajet trawlboat trawler trimaran trow truck tug tugboat tunnel underpass van volplane wagon wanigan whale-gig whaleboat wheelbarrow wherry wing yawlyawl boat

Noun(13 words)

manage move operatepassenger ferryrun shuttle shuttles shuttling transfer transport vesselwater crossing servicewaterbus

Verb(2 words)

shuttled transported

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

16 entries

boat bring convey go locomotelogistic servicemove shipping take transporttransport servicetransportation travel vessel watercraft

More specific

17 entries

coastal routeferry routeferry servicegoods shuttlehigh speed ferryinterplant transferisland linkisland routeline servicemarine shuttlepassenger ferryport serviceseasonal servicestaff shuttlestock shuttlevehicle ferry

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Collocations

10 entries

ferry boatferry crossingferry operatorferry routeferry scheduleferry serviceferry terminalhigh speed ferrypassenger ferryvehicle ferry

Inflections

3 entries

ferried ferries ferrying

Derivations

4 entries

ferryboat ferrying ferryman ferryport

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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We took a ferry from the island to the mainland.

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We had a rough crossing on an old ferry.

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The ferry started to move and we were across in half an hour.

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There were not more than one hundred passengers on board the ferry.

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