SKIFF Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word skiff. (close relations)
skiffing
Best Alternative Words for SKIFF
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boat | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small vessel for travel on water • a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce verb • ride in a boat on water | ||||||||
canoe | nounn | |||||||
noun • small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle verb • travel by canoe | ||||||||
dinghy | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | ||||||||
punt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole • formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence • (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground verb • kick the ball • propel with a pole • place a bet on | ||||||||
sloop | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow | ||||||||
tender | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality • easy to cut or chew • physically untoughened noun • something that can be used as an official medium of payment • someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another • a formal proposal to buy at a specified price • car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water • a boat for communication between ship and shore • ship that usually provides supplies to other ships adjective satellite • hurting • young and immature • having or displaying warmth or affection • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition verb • offer or present for acceptance • propose a payment • make a tender of; in legal settlements • make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | ||||||||
wherry | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • sailing barge used especially in East Anglia • light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors |