Synonyms for ferry
ˈfɛr ifer·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.2 / 5 votes

1. ferry, ferryboatnoun

   a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

   Synonyms:
   ferryboat, ferrying

2. ferry, ferryingverb

   transport by boat or aircraft

   Synonyms:
   ferryboat, ferrying

3. ferryverb

   transport from one place to another

4. ferryverb

   transport by ferry

5. ferryverb

   travel by ferry

Matched Categories

1. • Convey
   • Navigation
   • Transport
   • Travel

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. water taxi

   a ferry and water taxi both require a fare in exchange for transport just as a taxi would

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "ferry":

   ferries, pier, phiri, piers, shuttle, lac, terminal, yaumati, infectious

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1. Michael Romei:

   A simple thing a lot of people don't think about is a boat ride... on the Staten Island Ferry, staten Island Ferry runs every 30 minutes practically 24 hours a day and Staten Island Ferry's free of charge.

2. Mahdi Babika Mohamed:

   We come from a country in war to another war here in Patras, every day I try to get on the ferry and it's dangerous hiding under the trucks, I could die any minute.

3. Ann Furedi:

   We will no longer be complicit in government policy of booking bleeding, vomiting women on interminable ferry journeys, putting their health at serious risk.

4. New York:

   Here's what happened yesterday. A family member was at the ferry, and we were going to pick her up. I was en route to pick her up. And while she was waiting, three men walked in with hoodies on, and yesterday was very hot, and they had hoodies on, and she overheard one of them state something to the tune of, ‘Don't shoot until you get inside’.

5. Andrew Gimson:

   He's not an old-style 'Euroskeptic' who takes his own tea bag with him when he gets on the channel ferry to go to some place full of ghastly foreigners, he's very good at putting the moderate case and speaking of having a relationship with Europe -- he just doesn't want Europe to be telling us what to do.