Words that rhyme with voyage

  • abridge
    v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 2: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
  • borage
    n 1: hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach [syn: borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis] 2: an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
  • carriage
    n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage] 2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage, rig] 3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture] 4: a machine part that carries something else 5: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher]
  • cartridge
    n 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun 2: a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required [syn: magazine, cartridge] 3: a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck" 4: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge, pickup]
  • courage
    n 1: a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear [syn: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness] [ant: cowardice, cowardliness]
  • discourage
    v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged [ant: encourage] 3: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish]
  • drawbridge
    n 1: a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it [syn: drawbridge, lift bridge]
  • encourage
    v 1: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage] 2: inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to [ant: discourage] 3: spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
  • footbridge
    n 1: a bridge designed for pedestrians [syn: footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridge]
  • forage
    n 1: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] 2: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: foraging, forage] v 1: collect or look around for (food) [syn: scrounge, forage] 2: wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"
  • garage
    n 1: an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles 2: a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired [syn: garage, service department] v 1: keep or store in a garage; "we don't garage our car"
  • marriage
    n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock] 2: two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" [syn: marriage, married couple, man and wife] 3: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony] 4: a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"
  • moorage
    n 1: a fee for mooring 2: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring, moorage, berth, slip] 3: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn: docking, moorage, dockage, tying up]
  • ostrich
    n 1: a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) 2: fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird [syn: ostrich, Struthio camelus]
  • partridge
    n 1: flesh of either quail or grouse 2: heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds [syn: tinamou, partridge] 3: small Old World gallinaceous game birds 4: a popular North American game bird; named for its call [syn: bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge] 5: valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada [syn: ruffed grouse, partridge, Bonasa umbellus]
  • peerage
    n 1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: peerage, baronage]
  • porridge
    n 1: soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
  • steerage
    n 1: the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship 2: the act of steering a ship [syn: steering, steerage]
  • storage
    n 1: the act of storing something 2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store] 3: the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials 4: (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk 5: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board] 6: depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" [syn: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing]
  • suffrage
    n 1: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote, vote, suffrage]
  • umbrage
    n 1: a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" [syn: umbrage, offense, offence]
  • weighbridge
    n 1: platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc
  • cambridge
    n 1: a university in England [syn: Cambridge University, Cambridge] 2: a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3: a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
  • oxbridge
    n 1: general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
  • semiology
    n 1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols [syn: semiotics, semiology]
  • bainbridge
  • coatbridge
  • kingsbridge
  • lethbridge
  • newbridge
  • woodbridge
  • burrage

See also voyage definition and voyage synonyms