Synonyms for vessel
ˈvɛs əlves·sel

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 6 votes

1. vessel, vasnoun

   a tube in which a body fluid circulates

   Synonyms:
   watercraft, vas

2. vessel, watercraftnoun

   a craft designed for water transportation

   Synonyms:
   watercraft, vas

3. vesselnoun

   an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

   Synonyms:
   watercraft, vas

Matched Categories

1. • Container
   • Craft
   • Tube

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shallop

   a craft for travelling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.

   i sailed on a vessel to his private island.

   Submitted by rinat on January 20, 2016  

2. time capsule

   an object that holds or cradles something of great importance or significance to a person

   Submitted by rinat on August 12, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vesselnoun

   Synonyms:
   utensil (for holding any thing)

2. vesselnoun

   Synonyms:
   bottom, sailing craft

3. vesselnoun

   Synonyms:
   tube, duct, canal

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. vesselnoun

   Synonyms:
   dish, utensil, receptacle, boat, ship, duct, canal, tube

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "vessel":

   ship, boat, vessels, ships, receptacle, dewar, craft, navire, building, boats, freighter, vase, barco, container, buildings, shuen, shipping, watercraft, sailboat, maritime, spaceship, warship

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1. Richard Coles:

   Now here is the rub, a British-flagged vessel or an American-flagged, these are flag states that rigorously enforce their safety rules, whereas if Richard Coles have a small Caribbean island which doesn't have a large civil service and the means of enforcing the rules, obviously, the standards are not likely to be as good.

2. Jacob Alspector:

   The Vessel is like some MC Escher nightmare, the Vessel's kind of relentless. The Vessel's very gaudy, The Vessel's very cold. The Vessel's thrilling... The Vessel's not the most friendly and life-affirming and inclusive kind of space or structure. The Vessel's kind of empty. What's the point of The Vessel ? Just to walk up and walk down ?

3. Deepak Shetty:

   They will follow the U.N. guidance which will come to them through us, they are now staying put ... no oil will be discharged even if the charterer wants them to. They will wait for the U.N. to tell us where the vessel will have to go.

4. Harbormaster Anna Neumann:

   > MENDOCINO, Calif., Jan 5( Reuters) - Harbormaster Anna Neumann dashed from vessel to vessel, business to business at the port Harbormaster Anna Neumann manages near the mouth of northern Californias Noyo River, ensuring all was secure as storms bringing waves as high as a three-story building pummeled the state.You prep as much as you can, and then you just wait for whatever unknown issue that you did n’t prep for to happen, and then you respond.

5. Julian Tang:

   That’s the perfect mixing vessel for the virus to spread and to even generate new variants.