Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "ferry" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

body of water

Coordinate Terms

water bus water taxi

Derived Terms

Austins Ferry Bonners Ferry Briton Ferry Broughty Ferry Connel Ferry Dodges Ferry Ferry County Fiddler's Ferry Grove Ferry Hacks Ferry Harpers Ferry Meikle Ferry Menzies Ferry Owston Ferry Queensferry Rock Ferry Stoke Ferry West Ferry Wisemans Ferry cable ferry car ferry chain ferry cruiseferry ferriable ferriage ferry bridge ferry car ferry railway ferry van ferry wagon ferryboat ferryhouse ferryman ferrywoman horse ferry rhino ferry superferry train ferry unferried

Etymologically Related To

fare

Context

navigation

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

boat bring convey conveyance go locomote move ship shipping take transport transport transportation travel vehicle vessel watercraft

Type Of (IsA)

boat public transportation device ship transportation

Manner Of

bring transport travel

Related Terms

boat ship

Related Terms

areas barge big big boat boat boat carrying boat commute boat crossing boat like boat transport car car boat car carrier car transport cargo carrier carries carries cars carry carry cars carrying cars cars on cars people chimneys commute convey crosses crosses lake crossing crossing rivers hauling hauling cars inland inland boat island lake like local local boat long long island master move moving moving cars moving people ocean parking parking areas pass passenger passenger boat people river river crossing rivers rivers cars ship small small barge tours transport transport boat transports transports people water water transport

Synonym Network

ship

Used For

transport transportation travel between islands

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.