merchant ship merchantship • merchant venturer · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · merchant ship · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a cargo ship. Synonyms: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship. Example: "They did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · bottom · · Synonym 1 freighter · · Synonym 2 merchantman · · Synonym 3 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074