Synonyms for "lightship" (23 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

beaconbench markcairnfreighterlandmark

Strong matches (7)

lightlightboatlighthouselightvesselmark

Noun(2 words)

lightboatlightvessel

Related words (11)

markermilepostmilestonemonumentpharosplatformshipsignal lighttankertowerwatchtower

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

5 entries

;aidlightshipvessel

Synonyms

2 entries

lightboatlightvessel

Related terms

1 entries

lighter

coordinate

2 entries

light buoylighthouse

derived from

2 entries

lightship

is a

1 entries

ship

related to

3 entries

lamplighthouseship

Translations

43 translations across 32 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• кораб-фар noun (lightship)
• плаващ фар noun (lightship)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 灯塔船 noun (lightship)

Czech

1 entries

• majáková loď noun (lightship)

Danish

1 entries

• fyrskib noun (lightship)

Dutch

1 entries

• lichtschip noun (lightship)

Esperanto

1 entries

• lumŝipo noun (lightship)

Faroese

1 entries

• vitaskip noun (lightship)

Finnish

2 entries

• majakka-alus noun (lightship)
• majakkalaiva noun (lightship)

French

2 entries

• bateau-feu noun (lightship)
• bateau-phare noun (lightship)

Georgian

1 entries

• გემ-შუქურა noun (lightship)

German

1 entries

• Feuerschiff noun (lightship)

Greek

2 entries

• καραβοφάναρο noun (lightship)
• φαρόπλοιο noun (lightship)

Hebrew

1 entries

• אֳנִיַּת מִגְדַּלּוֹר noun (lightship)

Icelandic

1 entries

• vitaskip noun (lightship)

Irish

1 entries

• long sholais noun (lightship)

Italian

1 entries

• nave-faro noun (lightship)

Japanese

1 entries

• 灯台船 noun (lightship)

Korean

1 entries

• 등선 noun (lightship)

Latvian

1 entries

• peldošā bāka noun (lightship)

Macedonian

2 entries

• брод све́тилник noun (lightship)
• све́тлосен брод noun (lightship)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• fyrskip noun (lightship)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• fyrskip noun (lightship)

Polish

1 entries

• latarniowiec noun (lightship)

Portuguese

1 entries

• navio-farol noun (lightship)

Romanian

1 entries

• navă-far noun (lightship)

Russian

1 entries

• плаву́чий мая́к noun (lightship)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

• brȏd-svjetiònīk noun (lightship)
• lightship noun (lightship)
• lȁjtšīp noun (lightship)
• бро̑д-свјетио̀нӣк noun (lightship)

Slovak

1 entries

• majáková loď noun (lightship)

Slovene

1 entries

• svetilniška ladja noun (lightship)

Spanish

1 entries

• buque faro noun (lightship)

Swedish

2 entries

• fyrfartyg noun (lightship)
• fyrskepp noun (lightship)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• плавучий маяк noun (lightship)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Near-synonyms: lightvessel (usually synonymous), lightboat

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