Meanings
warship1
nounwarship (plural warships)
plural warships
- literatureA spacecraft built or armed for space warfare.
Warship2
nounWarship (plural Warships)
plural Warships
- UKrail transportA British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Narrower
nouna government ship that is available for waging war
Similar
war vesselcombat ship
Broader
shipmilitary vehicle
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سَفِينَة حَرْبِيَّة
- سَفِينَة حَرْبِيَّة (safīna ḥarbiyya)ship built or armed for naval combat
Basque gerraontzi
- gerraontziship built or armed for naval combat
Bengali রণতরী, যুদ্ধজাহাজ
- রণতরী (rontori)ship built or armed for naval combat
- যুদ্ধজাহাজ (juddhojahaj)ship built or armed for naval combat
- মানোয়ার (manōẇar)ship built or armed for naval combat
Bulgarian вое́нен ко́раб
- вое́нен ко́раб (voénen kórab)ship built or armed for naval combat
Catalan vaixell de guerra
- vaixell de guerraship built or armed for naval combat
Chinese Mandarin 軍艦 /军舰, 兵船
- 軍艦 /军舰 (jūnjiàn)ship built or armed for naval combat
- 兵船 (bīngchuán)ship built or armed for naval combat
- 兵艦 /兵舰 (bīngjiàn)ship built or armed for naval combat
- 艦艇 /舰艇 (jiàntǐng)ship built or armed for naval combat
- 戰船 /战船 (zhànchuán)ship built or armed for naval combat
Czech válečná loď
- válečná loďship built or armed for naval combat
Danish krigsskib, orlogsskib
- krigsskibship built or armed for naval combat
- orlogsskibship built or armed for naval combat
- orlogsfartøjship built or armed for naval combat
Dutch oorlogsschip, oorlogsbodem
- oorlogsschipship built or armed for naval combat
- oorlogsbodemship built or armed for naval combat
- krijgsschipship built or armed for naval combat
- oorlogsvaartuigship built or armed for naval combat
Esperanto militŝipo
- militŝipoship built or armed for naval combat
Estonian sõjalaev
- sõjalaevship built or armed for naval combat
Finnish sota-alus, sotalaiva
- sota-alusship built or armed for naval combat
- sotalaivaship built or armed for naval combat
French navire de guerre
- navire de guerreship built or armed for naval combat
German Kriegsschiff, Kampfschiff
- Kriegsschiffship built or armed for naval combat
- Kampfschiffship built or armed for naval combat
Greek πολεμικό πλοίο, πολεμικό
- πολεμικό πλοίο (polemikó ploío)ship built or armed for naval combat
- πολεμικό (polemikó)ship built or armed for naval combat
Hawaiian moku kaua, manuā
- moku kauaship built or armed for naval combat
- manuāship built or armed for naval combat
Hebrew סְפִינַת מִלְחָמָה
- סְפִינַת מִלְחָמָה (sefinát milkhamá)ship built or armed for naval combat
Hindi युद्धपोत, जंगी जहाज़
- युद्धपोत (yuddhpot)ship built or armed for naval combat
- जंगी जहाज़ (jaṅgī jahāz)ship built or armed for naval combat
Hungarian hadihajó
- hadihajóship built or armed for naval combat
Indonesian kapal perang
- kapal perangship built or armed for naval combat
Italian nave da guerra
- nave da guerraship built or armed for naval combat
Japanese 軍艦, 戦艦
- 軍艦 (gunkan)ship built or armed for naval combat
- 戦艦 (senkan)ship built or armed for naval combat
Korean 군함, 전함
- 군함 (gunham)ship built or armed for naval combat
- 전함 (jeonham)ship built or armed for naval combat
Latin navis bellica
- navis bellicaship built or armed for naval combat
Latvian karakuģis
- karakuģisship built or armed for naval combat
Lithuanian karo laivas
- karo laivasship built or armed for naval combat
Malay kapal perang
- kapal perangship built or armed for naval combat
Māori manuao, wakatauā
- manuaoship built or armed for naval combat
- wakatauāship built or armed for naval combat
Norwegian Bokmål krigsskip, orlogsskip
- krigsskipship built or armed for naval combat
- orlogsskipship built or armed for naval combat
- orlogsfartøyship built or armed for naval combat
Persian کشتی جنگی
- کشتی جنگی (kašti-ye jangi)ship built or armed for naval combat
Polish okręt wojenny
- okręt wojennyship built or armed for naval combat
Portuguese navio de guerra, belonave
- navio de guerraship built or armed for naval combat
- belonaveship built or armed for naval combat
Romanian navă de război, vas de război
- navă de războiship built or armed for naval combat
- vas de războiship built or armed for naval combat
- navă militarăship built or armed for naval combat
Russian вое́нный кора́бль
- вое́нный кора́бль (vojénnyj koráblʹ)ship built or armed for naval combat
Scottish Gaelic luingeas chogaidh
- luingeas chogaidhship built or armed for naval combat
Slovak vojnová loď
- vojnová loďship built or armed for naval combat
Spanish buque de guerra, buque militar
- buque de guerraship built or armed for naval combat
- buque militarship built or armed for naval combat
Swahili manowari
- manowariship built or armed for naval combat
Swedish örlogsfartyg, stridsfartyg
- örlogsfartygship built or armed for naval combat
- stridsfartygship built or armed for naval combat
Tagalog bapor-pandigma
- bapor-pandigmaship built or armed for naval combat
Thai เรือรบ
- เรือรบ (rʉʉa-róp)ship built or armed for naval combat
Turkish savaş gemisi
- savaş gemisiship built or armed for naval combat
Ukrainian військо́вий корабе́ль
- військо́вий корабе́ль (vijsʹkóvyj korabélʹ)ship built or armed for naval combat
Urdu جَن٘گی جَہاز
- جَن٘گی جَہاز (jangī jahāz)ship built or armed for naval combat
Vietnamese tàu chiến
- tàu chiếnship built or armed for naval combat
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
worship (General American, rare)
Cite this entry
APA
warship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warship
MLA
“warship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warship. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warship.
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