'Freighter' definitions:
Definition of 'freighter'
From: WordNet
noun
A cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship]
Definition of 'Freighter'
From: GCIDE
- Freighter \Freight"er\, n.
- 1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One for whom freight is transported. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'freighter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Amtrak,
- Aquarius,
- argosy,
- ark,
- baggage train,
- bathyscaphe,
- bearer,
- bheesty,
- busboy,
- cable railroad,
- caddie,
- caravel,
- cargo handler,
- cargo ship,
- carrier,
- carrier pigeon,
- carter,
- choo-choo,
- coast guard cutter,
- coaster,
- cog railroad,
- cog railway,
- collier,
- common carrier,
- conveyer,
- coolie,
- cupbearer,
- derelict,
- drayman,
- dredge,
- el,
- electric,
- electric train,
- elevated,
- express,
- express train,
- expressman,
- fishing boat,
- flier,
- freight,
- freight train,
- funicular,
- Ganymede,
- goods train,
- gun bearer,
- hauler,
- Hebe,
- homing pigeon,
- hydrofoil,
- icebreaker,
- interurban,
- lash,
- letter carrier,
- lightning express,
- lightship,
- limited,
- liner,
- litter-bearer,
- local,
- merchant ship,
- merchantman,
- metro,
- milk train,
- monorail,
- oiler,
- packet,
- packet boat,
- paddle steamer,
- parliamentary,
- parliamentary train,
- passenger train,
- picket ship,
- porter,
- rack-and-pinion railroad,
- railroad train,
- rattler,
- redcap,
- refrigeration ship,
- revenue cutter,
- rolling stock,
- rotor,
- rotor ship,
- screw steamer,
- self-propelled barge,
- shield-bearer,
- ship,
- shuttle,
- shuttle train,
- side-wheeler,
- skycap,
- slaver,
- spar-decker,
- special,
- steam schooner,
- steam yacht,
- steamer,
- stern-wheeler,
- stevedore,
- storeship,
- streamliner,
- stretcher-bearer,
- subway,
- tanker,
- tender,
- the Water Bearer,
- train,
- tramp steamer,
- transport,
- transporter,
- trawler,
- truck driver,
- trucker,
- tube,
- turbine,
- underground,
- wagoner,
- water boy,
- water carrier,
- way train,
- weather ship,
- whaler