Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frigate

2 senses of frigate

Sense 1
frigate -- (a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries)
       => warship, war vessel, combat ship -- (a government ship that is available for waging war)

Sense 2
frigate -- (a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser)
       => warship, war vessel, combat ship -- (a government ship that is available for waging war)