Home › Words › W › warshipwarship/ˈwɔːˌʃɪp/warship means any ship built or armed for naval combat.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, warship ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.warship is pronounced /ˈwɔːˌʃɪp/.EtymologyFrom war + ship.nounAny ship built or armed for naval combat.A spacecraft built or armed for space warfare.A British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.woodship 62% match — A wooden ship. vs warship →warplane 60% match — An aircraft designed for combat. vs warship →armada 58% match — A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada. vs warship →watercraft 58% match — Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle. vs warship →gunboat 58% match — Any of the various types of small armed vessels. vs warship →battleship 55% match — A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles. vs warship →spyship 55% match — A ship (water-borne vessel) used for espionage. vs warship →battleshippy 54% match — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a battleship. vs warship →