Synonyms for cruiser
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kroo-zer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru zər |
Top 10 synonyms for cruiser Other synonyms for the word cruiser
- adulterer
- birler
- Black Maria
- bucker
- cabin cruiser
- Casanova
- chaser
- coquette
- cruiser
- dallier
- debaucher
- Don Juan
- dreadnaught
- dreadnought
- feller
- flirt
- gallant
- heartbreaker
- ketch
- lady's man
- logger
- lover
- lumber cutter
- lumberman
- man on the make
- operator
- outboard cruiser
- paddy wagon
- panda car
- patrol car
- patrol wagon
- philanderer
- player
- pleasure craft
- police cruiser
- police van
- police vehicle
- police wagon
- power cruiser
- prowl car
- sailing boat
- sedan cruiser
- seducer
- siren
- skirt chaser
- squad car
- submarine
- swinger
- tease
- timber cruiser
- trifler
- trimmer
- vamp
- vixen
- wagon
- wanton
- whistle punk
- wolf
- womanizer
- yawl
Définition of cruiser
Origin :- 1670s, agent noun from cruise (v.), or, probably, borrowed from similar words in neighboring languages (e.g. Dutch kruiser, French croiseur), originally a warship built to cruise and protect commerce or chase hostile ships (but in 18c. often applied to privateers); meaning "one who cruises for sex partners" is from 1903, in later use mostly of homosexuals; as a boxing weight class, from 1920; meaning "police patrol car" is 1929, American English.
- As in philanderer : noun person who has many love affairs
- As in yacht : noun pleasure boat
- As in cabin cruiser : noun motorboat with cabin
- As in paddy wagon : noun police car
- As in patrol car : noun police car
- As in police car : noun motor vehicle used by law enforcement
- As in prowl car : noun police car
- As in squad car : noun police car
- As in lumberjack : noun lumberer
- As in warship : noun large boat
- As in lady-killer : noun philanderer
- As in flirt : noun person who makes advances
- She was a cruiser built in 1907 and having a displacement of 3,544 tons.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- Decatur soon returned with the French cruiser Le Croyable as a prize.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various
- Dr. Bird glanced at the fighting top of the cruiser and swore softly.
- Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- His dear friend, a felon, taken in open fight by a British cruiser!
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- De Robeck must give me a cruiser so that we may start for home to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- If I fell in with an enemy's cruiser or a privateer I must expect to be stripped.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- When you worked on the cruiser 'Honolulu' you handled blueprints?
- Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
- When the cruiser "Honolulu" made its trial run in the spring of 1938, Boldt was on board.
- Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
- In the meantime Rizal had been detained in the Spanish cruiser Castilla lying in the bay.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
- The UN cruiser cut its engines and dropped like a rock in free fall.
- Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
Antonyms for cruiser
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