capsize
Boat's sudden inversion
To capsize is to overturn in the water.
Boats capsize when they flip upside down or roll onto their side: A sudden gust capsized the sailboat.
The word applies almost exclusively to watercraft, though occasionally extends to other vehicles or situations that tip over dramatically.
Quick turning motion
- toppleCause to fall
- keel overSuddenly fall unconscious
- invertReverse position or order
- rolloverVehicle flipping accident
tip over · overturn · pitchpole · overbalance · turtle · broach · heel · list
Watercraft for travel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- sailboatWind-propelled watercraft
- dinghySmall auxiliary watercraft
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
kayak · yacht · catamaran · hull · keel · ballast · buoyancy · starboard
Buoyant vest for water
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
- maydayRadio emergency signal
- SOSMorse distress code
coastguard · rescue · survivors · man overboard · distress · flares · evacuation · hypothermia
Oscillating motion through medium
- swellIncrease in size
- gustBrief wind surge
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
wind · current · wake · overloading · weight distribution · instability · inexperience · collision
flip
Quick turning motion
rollover · tip over · overturn · pitchpole · overbalance · turtle · broach · heel · list · swamp
boat
Watercraft for travel
canoe · kayak · yacht · catamaran · hull · keel · ballast · buoyancy · starboard · port
lifejacket
Buoyant vest for water
SOS · coastguard · rescue · survivors · man overboard · distress · flares · evacuation · hypothermia · treading water
wave
Oscillating motion through medium
storm · wind · current · wake · overloading · weight distribution · instability · inexperience · collision · rocks
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- downward motionsfall, drop, descend, plunge, sink
- failingfail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb
- turn overflip, flipped, rotate, rotated, invert
- Unsteady Motionshake, vibrate, vibration, tremor, oscillating
capsizeright
Morally proper or entitled
upright · stay afloat · float · stabilize · steady
- capsized boatVessel flipped upside-down
- boat capsized