The crew found a stowaway.
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Stowaway
//ˈstəʊəˌweɪ//
Synonyms for "stowaway" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
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Translations
50 translations across 33 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- polissona noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- polissó noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偷渡者 noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Czech
1 entries- černý pasažér noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Danish
1 entries- blind passager noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Dutch
1 entries- verstekeling noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaŝpasaĝero noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Faroese
3 entries- blindur passasjerur noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- loyniferðafólk noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- sníkiferðafólk noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Finnish
3 entries- jänis noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- salamatkustaja noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- vapaamatkustaja noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
French
1 entries- passager clandestin noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Galician
1 entries- polisón noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Georgian
4 entries- დამალული მგზავრი noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- მალულად მომგზავრე noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- უბილეთო მგზავრი noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- ფარულად მომგზავრე noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
German
2 entries- blinde Passagierin noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- blinder Passagier noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Hebrew
1 entries- נוֹסֵעַ סָמוּי noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Hungarian
1 entries- potyautas noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Icelandic
2 entries- farþjófur noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- laumufarþegi noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Italian
1 entries- clandestino noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Japanese
1 entries- 密航者 noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Korean
1 entries- 밀항자 noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- blanne Passagéier noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Macedonian
2 entries- безби́летник noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- слеп па́тник noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Māori
2 entries- pekewaka noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- pāhihi parau noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- blindpassasjer noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- blindpassasjer noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Reisendoop noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Polish
2 entries- pasażer na gapę noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- ślepy pasażer noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- passageiro clandestino noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Russian
1 entries- безбилетник noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- slijepi putnik noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- слијепи путник noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Slovene
1 entries- slepi potnik noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Spanish
2 entries- polizona noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- polizón noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Swedish
3 entries- blindpassagerare noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- fripassagerare noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
- gratispassagerare noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Turkish
1 entries- kaçak yolcu noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Welsh
1 entries- teithiwr cudd noun (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
There's a stowaway on the ship.
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Tom came to America as a stowaway on a ship.
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Tom was a stowaway on a ship.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.