Meanings
plural superyachts
- A very large luxury yacht.
If it has crew working aboard, it's a yacht. If it's more than ninety-eight feet [30 m], it's a superyacht.
2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 20222 more examples
Tom Perkins[…] is putting his superyacht, the Maltese Falcon, up for sale, just two years after he first set sail on it.
2008 March 30, Elizabeth Olson, “A Google Friend Is Now Facebook’s”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022This latest concept comes as demand for superyachts continues to grow – the global fleet jumped from 3,906 crafts in 2009 to 5,646 in 2019, according to the Superyacht Group. […] Recent examples include Ultra2, a new 95-meter superyacht from Berlin-based T.Fotiadis Design that has its own on-board safe room.
2020 November 25, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The $550 million megayacht concept that looks like a shark”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 May 2022Synonyms: megayacht, white boat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very large luxury yacht.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Englishyacht
- Englishsuperyacht
Translations
Russian суперъя́хта
- суперъя́хта (superʺjáxta)Translations
Cite this entry
superyacht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superyacht
“superyacht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superyacht. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superyacht,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superyacht.
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