Antonyms for wharf
ʰwɔrf, wɔrfwharf

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. wharfnoun

   Synonyms:
   staithe, pier, jetty, quay, staith

2. wharfnoun

   A man-made landing place jutting out to sea or by a river; mole, pier, or quay

   Synonyms:
   staith, staithe, quay, jetty, pier

Matched Categories

1. • Moor
   • Provide
   • Store
   • Unload

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. pier, wharf, wharfage, dockverb

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, dock, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, quayage, bobtail

2. wharfverb

   provide with a wharf

   "Wharf the mouth of the river"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

3. wharfverb

   store on a wharf

   "Wharf the merchandise"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

4. wharfverb

   discharge at a wharf

   "wharf the passengers"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

5. moor, berth, wharfverb

   come into or dock at a wharf

   "the big ship wharfed in the evening"

   Synonyms:
   moor, tie up, berth

6. wharfverb

   moor at a wharf

   "The ship was wharfed"

   Synonyms:
   moor, berth

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wharfnoun

   Synonyms:
   pier, quay, dock, jetty

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dry land

   a place of earth that is not surrounded by water.

   i couldn't believe when searching the seven seas, i saw dry land.

   Submitted by rinat on June 15, 2017  

How to use wharf in a sentence?

1. Chevron Philippines Inc:

   The leaked product has been recovered from sea and the wharf platform, which is estimated to be less than 300 litres.

2. Sarah Bates:

   Salmon is my livelihood. It’s my main fishery, and it’s the main fishery for a lot of folks in Fisherman’s Wharf. So, I think there are a lot of us that have some hard times coming.

3. Airplane:

   Ted Striker It was a rough place - the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It's worse than Detroit.

4. Gina Rinehart:

   This is a truly momentous occasion as we receive the first vessel alongside the Roy Hill wharf and the first of our high grade product is loaded for the steel mills of Asia.

5. Special Police Officer Alan Byard:

   It’s out of control. We have people that are doing this – are breaking into cars in Nob Hill, then they go down to Fisherman’s Wharf, then they come out here. Then they go to another part of the city and the police can’t chase the cars, it’s considered a misdemeanor.

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