ferryEnglishOxford American Thesaurusferry noun I took the ferry from Dover to Calais: passenger boat, passenger ship, ferry boat, packet boat, packet, shuttle; car ferry, train ferry, drive-on ferry, roll-on/roll-off ferry; ship, boat, vessel; South African pont; in Venice traghetto.verb 1 the ship will ferry passengers to and from the Continent: transport, convey, carry, bear, ship, run, chauffeur, take, bring, shuttle. 2 the boat ferried hourly across the river: go back and forth, shuttle, come and go, run.