cruiser

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cruis=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

cruiser, n. 

 One who, or a vessel that, cruises;  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cruiser, n.
1 a warship of high speed and medium armament.
2 = cabin cruiser.
3 US a police patrol car.

Etymology

Du. kruiser (as CRUISE)

THESAURUS

cruiser

Black Maria, LC, LSD, LSM, SC, adventurer, aircraft carrier, aircraft tender, almadia, alpinist, ammunition ship, ark, assault transport, astronaut, auxiliary, barge, battleship, bomb ketch, buss, cabin cruiser, camper, canoe, capital ship, caravel, cargo boat, carrier, carryall, cat, catamaran, climber, coast guard cutter, cockle, cockleshell, cog, comers and goers, communications ship, commuter, convoy, coracle, corvette, cosmopolite, cutter, depot ship, destroyer, destroyer leader, destroyer tender, dinghy, dispatch boat, dreadnought, drifter, dugout, eagle boat, escort carrier, escort vessel, excursionist, explorer, fare, ferry, ferryboat, fille de joie, fire ship, first-rate, fishing boat, flagship, flattop, frigate, fuel ship, funny, galley, gig, glider, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, gondola, guided missile cruiser, gunboat, hajji, harlot, heavy cruiser, hooker, hospital ship, houseboat, hoy, hustler, hydrofoil, hydroplane, ironclad, jet set, jet-setter, jolly, jolly boat, journeyer, kayak, landing craft, launch, liberty boat, lifeboat, light cruiser, lighter, line-of-battle ship, longboat, mailer, mariner, mine sweeper, minisub, monitor, mosquito boat, motor launch, motorboat, mountaineer, nightwalker, outboard, outrigger canoe, paddy wagon, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, patrol boat, patrol car, patrol wagon, picketboat, pilgrim, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, pioneer, piragua, pirogue, police van, pontoon, post boat, poule, power cruiser, powerboat, pram, privateer, protected cruiser, prowl car, punt, racer, racing shell, raider, ram, randan, receiving ship, reconnaissance ship, rocket boat, rowboat, rowing boat, rubberneck, rubbernecker, runabout, sailor, sampan, scooter, scout, scout cruiser, scow, scull, seaplane carrier, sedan cruiser, shallop, shell, ship of war, shipplane carrier, showboat, sightseer, skiff, small boat, sneakbox, speedboat, spy ship, squad car, steam launch, storeship, storm boat, straphanger, streetwalker, submarine, submarine chaser, submarine patrol boat, submarine tender, submersible, superdreadnought, surfboat, sweeper, tanker, tender, tomato, tourer, tourist, towboat, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, transport, traveler, trawlboat, trawler, trekker, trimaran, tripper, troopship, trow, tug, tugboat, turret ship, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wagon, wanigan, warship, wayfarer, whale-gig, whaleboat, wherry, whore, world-traveler, yawl, yawl boat

ROGET THESAURUS

cruiser

Combatant

N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.

Ship

N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.