Definition for Ballast:

• Weight to steady a ship.

Synonyms for Ballast:

• n.

  •anchor (noun)
  • de-fenses,
  • mud hooks,
  • de fenses,
  • grappling irons.
  •artifact (noun)
  • ballast.
  •counterpoise (noun)
  • equalization,
  • equalizations,
  • stabilization.
  •counterweight (noun)
  • counterpoise.
  •freight (noun)
  • fardels.
  •something giving balance (noun)
  • bracket,
  • balance,
  • support,
  • stabilizer,
  • equilibrium,
  • stability.
  •weight (noun)
  • counter weights,
  • g factor,
  • sub stance,
  • sub-stances,
  • gfactor,
  • counter-weights,
  • adiposities,
  • sub-stance,
  • sub stances,
  • g-factors,
  • g factors,
  • counter-weight,
  • gfactors.

• v.

  •poise (verb)
  • are ready,
  • art ready,
  • is ready,
  • were ready,
  • being ready,
  • was ready,
  • wast ready,
  • am ready,
  • wert ready.
  •stabilize (verb)
  • counter poised,
  • pre-serves,
  • counter balanced,
  • stabilitates,
  • up holding,
  • up-held,
  • counter-poising,
  • counter balance,
  • counter poising,
  • counter balances,
  • counter balancing,
  • counter-balancing,
  • pre served,
  • up-holding,
  • pre serve,
  • counter-poised,
  • up hold,
  • up-holds,
  • firming up,
  • up holds,
  • firms up,
  • stabilitated,
  • pre-serving,
  • counter-balanced,
  • up-hold,
  • pre-served,
  • stabilitating,
  • up held,
  • pre serving,
  • pre serves.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bollard,
  • oar,
  • overhead compartment,
  • AWACS,
  • altimeter,
  • flap,
  • cockpit,
  • ramp,
  • cowling,
  • sextant,
  • aerofoil,
  • bulkhead,
  • undercarriage,
  • tail,
  • rotor blade,
  • ejection seat,
  • canopy,
  • tailplane,
  • flight data recorder,
  • life vest,
  • chassis,
  • fuselage,
  • fin,
  • inboard motor,
  • gondola,
  • jet engine,
  • life preserver,
  • sonar,
  • lifebelt,
  • avionics,
  • thruster,
  • underbelly,
  • life jacket,
  • airfoil,
  • overhead locker,
  • flotation device,
  • flight recorder,
  • nose,
  • aileron,
  • flight deck,
  • landing gear,
  • outboard motor.
  •
  • blade,
  • black box,
  • skid,
  • joystick,
  • buoy,
  • cabin.
  •
  • wing,
  • paddle.
  •
  • control.
  •break out
  • trim ship.
  •burden
  • heaviness.
  •crushed rock
  • roadbed.
  •stabilize
  • firm up,
  • Counterpoising,
  • firmed,
  • counter-balances,
  • Stabilitate,
  • firming,
  • counter-balance,
  • counterpoised,
  • firmed up.

Paraphrases for Ballast:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Ballasting.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stabilization, stabilisation, gravel.

Antonyms for Ballast:

• n.

  • something giving balance
    instability.

Ballast Sentence Examples:

• Between this floor and the bottom of the boat, a space of upwards of a foot in depth, there is some light ballast of cork or wood, and some parts of the space are left empty.

• Wheat was first sent out of the state to England as ballast for returning ships, but the trade gradually increased until there are now over one hundred of the finest sailing vessels engaged in it.

Homophones for Ballast:

• blackhead, bilsted, blasted, blight, blackout, bowlegged, bubblejet, bulge out, blocked, blockaded, black cat, bleached, bell seat, black-seeded, balistidae, bell cote, biologist, black kite, blackwood, balsa wood, black widow, black out, blockade, bell cot, blighty, bile acid, bulkhead, Ballistite, black-tie, blockhead, blast, blue cat, Ballista, bluish-white, blackseed, bullshot, bleach out, bellicosity, block out, bluejacket, black tea, black-coated, blaze out, Bluecoat, black tie, blessed, blockheaded, black tai, black death, blest, blessed with, blighted, Billy Goat.

Hyponym for Ballast:

• n.

  • artifact
    stuff, material.
  • attribute
    attribute.
  • substance
    gravel, crushed rock.

• v.

  • change
    stabilise, steady, brace, stabilize.