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See definition of roadstead on Dictionary.com
  • as inanchorage
  • as inharbor
  • as inhaven
  • as inport

synonyms for roadstead

  • dock
  • harbor
  • haven
  • port
  • refuge
  • slip
  • wharf
  • dock
  • inlet
  • pier
  • port
  • road
  • wharf
  • anchorage
  • arm
  • bay
  • bight
  • breakwater
  • chuck
  • cove
  • embankment
  • firth
  • gulf
  • haven
  • jetty
  • landing
  • mooring
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to roadstead, such as: dock, harbor, haven, port, refuge, and slip.
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How to use roadstead in a sentence

If we leave Philippeville in the evening, we find ourselves next morning in the handsome roadstead of Bona.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, VOLUME 11, NO. 24, MARCH, 1873VARIOUS
By the seventh day the yacht was off the Palestine coast, and Joppa, seated on her cliffs, appeared over a foaming roadstead.
THE LORD OF THE SEAM. P. SHIEL
Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.
SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERSCYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
He soon advanced abreast of her, and could get glimpses of her profile against the roadstead lights.
THE WELL-BELOVEDTHOMAS HARDY
Our first gift to you, as your galley came into the roadstead, was the head of your rival for the empire of the world.
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRAGEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I knew the Balje was here a deep roadstead, where a vessel entering the Eastern Ems might very well anchor to ride out a fog.
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDSERSKINE CHILDERS
Many warships, and of all sizes, lay in the roadstead, but they did not see much of these vessels save their lights that evening.
SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT MAMMY JUNE'SLAURA LEE HOPE
Four hours later, they stood in and dropped head-sails and anchor in the outer roadstead of Monte Video.
THE VIKING BLOODFREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE
If the vessel was at anchor in a roadstead, he had to keep his two-hour anchor watch the same as the rest of the crew.
WINDJAMMERS AND SEA TRAMPSWALTER RUNCIMAN
Outside in the roadstead the intermediate Elder Dempster boat was waiting the return of the doctor.
THE KEEPERS OF THE KING'S PEACEEDGAR WALLACE
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO ROADSTEAD

  • dock
  • harbor
  • haven
  • port
  • refuge
  • roadstead
  • slip
  • wharf
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.