love boat

Romantic cruise ship

A love boat is a vessel associated with romance or sexual activity.

The phrase gained currency from the 1970s television series about romantic adventures aboard a cruise ship.

It can refer to any cruise ship marketed for couples, or more loosely to any setting conducive to romance: They turned the houseboat into their own little love boat.

In drug slang, love boat is marijuana or cigarettes dipped in PCP or embalming fluid.

Related
  • cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
  • romanceLove and its excitement
  • shipSeagoing transport vessel
  • amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
  • heartCirculatory system's pump

affection · relationship · honeymoon · serenade · escapism · voyage · dance · champagne · passion · romantic getaway · couples retreat · moonlight · starry night · music · courtship · slow dance · soulmate · pleasure cruise

Opposites
vessel purpose/function

love boatbattleship

Armored naval capital vessel

warship · destroyer · aircraft carrier · gunboat · slave ship

emotional atmosphere

love boatdeath ship

Vessel associated with mortality

ghost ship · slave ship · coffin ship · prison ship · funeral barge

cultural connotation

love boatPT boat

Fast naval attack craft

U-boat · Das Boot

Family

love, boat, loves, loved, loving, lovingly, lover, lovers, lovable

Familiarity
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Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG