Thesaurus results for MAN-OF-WAR

man-of-war

noun

variants also man-o'-war

Definition of man-of-war

as in steamer

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Recent Examples of man-of-war Melville wrote two more sailing novels that blended fiction and nonfiction based on his experiences on a merchant vessel (Redburn) and a man-of-war (White-Jacket), neither of which succeeded. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 Somewhere over the course of their evolution, the class of hydrozoans — which includes certain kinds of jellyfish, hydras, and colonial siphonophores such as the Portuguese man-of-war — lost the genes that operate circadian clocks in the rest of the animal kingdom. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026 Chad Ryan’s scenic design of George and Martha’s rotting-from-the-inside house is decorated with the symbols of war, like a framed sword, a model man-of-war battleship and a bust of Napoleon. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, meaning it is made up of a colony of organisms that each have a special function, according to the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. — Caroline Wilburn, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026 Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site. — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England. — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023 Just as airpower eventually killed off the great men-of-war that had ruled the waves for millennia, so cyberweapons might strip other weapons or tactics of their utility. — Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for man-of-war

Noun

Like the squeezy dumpling, this one has a blushing cartoon face and accompanying tan steamer basket.

— Eva Flowe October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
The 12-piece set includes two sauce pans, two skillets, a saute pan, a stockpot, and a steamer insert with lids.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamer

Noun

North Korea has intensified tensions with a series of military displays this month, including short-range ballistic missile launches, live-fire missile and artillery exercises, and the commissioning of a new warship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Earlier this week, Denmark accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at a Danish military helicopter over the Baltic Sea.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of warship

Noun

Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The paperboard card could be used to buy airline, steamship and cruise tickets, but the balance had to be paid in full each month.

— USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
That is especially true for remote communities that must have their fuel flown in or delivered by barge before the rivers ice over.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

New orders secured The company has reportedly attracted over 100 orders for the new freighter even as flight testing gets underway.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
However, the average vessel isn't exactly sailing around the world for years on end like a commercial freighter.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

But the time required for the largest tankers to rest outside the strait waiting for crude deliveries from smaller vessels has effectively created a tanker shortage.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
London — Oil prices climbed Thursday on continued worries about global supply following a record number of tanker attacks that sent crossings through the Strait of Hormuz to a two-month low.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026