'Cruiser' definitions:
Definition of 'cruiser'
From: WordNet
noun
A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters [syn: cruiser, police cruiser, patrol car, police car, prowl car, squad car]
noun
A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
noun
A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board [syn: cabin cruiser, cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft]
Definition of 'Cruiser'
From: GCIDE
- Cruiser \Cruis"er\ (kr?"z?r), n. One who, or a vessel that, cruises; Specif.: (Nav.) A man-of-war less heavily armed and armored than a battle ship, having great speed, and generally of from two thousand to twelve thousand tons displacement. [1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'cruiser'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventurer,
- aircraft carrier,
- aircraft tender,
- almadia,
- alpinist,
- ammunition ship,
- ark,
- assault transport,
- astronaut,
- auxiliary,
- barge,
- battleship,
- Black Maria,
- 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,
- LC,
- liberty boat,
- lifeboat,
- light cruiser,
- lighter,
- line-of-battle ship,
- longboat,
- LSD,
- LSM,
- 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,
- SC,
- 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