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/ˈdɹɛd.nɔːt/ · noun
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber..
Perturbed at being overtaken, the USS Texas is leading the 6th Battle Squadron at 22-and-a-half knots as the engineers pour everything they have into the effort. Behind the colossal clouds of smoke and cinders they put out come a seemingly-endless stream of dreadnoughts, battle flags flying from every mast and line they can find. It is the Grand Fleet.
Herbert steering the dreadnought limousine through the night, black cap on his black head.
“Lift up your head and your heart, O King. We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks.”
Use dreadnought when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dreadnought means (military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber..
Common synonyms include dreadnaught.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Perturbed at being overtaken, the USS Texas is leading the 6th Battle Squadron at 22-and-a-half knots as the engineers pour everything they have into the effort. Behind the colossal clouds of smoke and cinders they put out come a seemingly-endless stream of dreadnoughts, battle flags flying from every mast and line they can find. It is the Grand Fleet.
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