starboard

/ˈstɑː.bəd//ˈstɑɹ.bɚd/

starboard noun: the righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.

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Noun (1)

starboard (countable and uncountable, plural starboards)

The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.
- I see another vessel off the starboard side.
- We're on starboard tack, so the other boat has to give way.
Synonyms:

right

Antonyms:

port, backboard, larboard, leeboard, left
One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.

Verb

starboard (third-person singular simple present starboards, present participle starboarding, simple past and past participle starboarded)

(transitive) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel.
- to starboard the helm

Noun (2)

starboard (plural starboards)

(social media) A list that shows messages starred in a community space.
- The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like, but I see nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have any more right to spam the room than I do.2013 June 24, Lightness Races in Orbit, “Room owners should not be throttled in the Chat systems”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2015, Questions
- TFHRC#1 indicates a backquote in a chat message using fixed-width formatting, which is (correctly) output literally. FHRC#2 shows that the same backquote is misinterpreted by the sidebar starboard as a formatting character, wrecking the intended look and feel even more.2014 April 7, michaelb958--GoFundMonica, “Starred fixed-width messages break in the starboard”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2014, Questions
(figuratively, social media) A system that enables such a list.
- In case you don't know what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel.2017 September 21, DimMagician, “I made a Starboard site!”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023, r/discordapp
- We used to do that until someone suggested adding a bot that had a starboard.2023 July 16, MadHuarache, “About the pin limit...”, in Reddit, r/discordapp

starboard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

starboard in Hindi

स्टारबोर्ड

starboard in Tamil

ஸ்டார்போர்டு, நட்சத்திரப்பலகை, நட்சத்திரப் பலகை

starboard in Marathi

स्टारबोर्ड

starboard in Bengali

জাহাজ, বিমানের ডান দিক

More languagesFewer languages

starboard in Telugu: ఉజియబోడ ujiyabōḍa
starboard in Malayalam: കപ്പലിൻറെ വലതുഭാഗത്തുളള, വിമാനത്തിൻറെ വലതുഭാഗത്തുളള
starboard in Kannada: ಹಡಗಿನ ಬಲಗಡೆ
starboard in Punjabi: ਸਟਾਰਬੋਰਡ
starboard in Gujarati: સ્ટારબોર્ડ
starboard in Odia: ଷ୍ଟାରବୋର୍ଡ, ଷ୍ଟାରବୋର୍ଡ଼
starboard in Nepali: स्टारबोर्ड
starboard in Tagalog: estribor

Examples of starboard in a sentence

i also use carlbot for warnings, bans, mutes—and my starboard!!2025 January 19, celiinna, “discord bots for servers?”, in Reddit, retrieved 05 Apr 2024, r/discordapp:
You could use a form of starboard to put messages into a read only channel, but then anyone with react permissions could theoretically add to it2024 August 3, GroovySpookyDeadite, “Does anyone know how to make a channel just for pinned messages?”, in Reddit, r/discordapp:

All 31 example sentences with starboard

Synonyms of starboard

right

Antonyms

Forms of starboard

Noun
plural	starboards
Verb
third-person singular present	starboards
present participle	starboarding
past participle	starboarded
past	starboarded

Origin of starboard

From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side.

From star + board. The earliest known use was in 2013 on Meta Stack Exchange.

Words formed from starboard

Questions about starboard

What does starboard mean?: Starboard means the righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.
What is starboard in Hindi?: Starboard in Hindi is स्टारबोर्ड. See Starboard meaning in Hindi.
How do you use starboard in a sentence?: i also use carlbot for warnings, bans, mutes—and my starboard!!
What part of speech is starboard?: Starboard can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce starboard?: Starboard is pronounced /ˈstɑː.bəd/ (UK).
What is the plural of starboard?: The plural of starboard is starboards.

Words near starboard in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: starboard (page history and authors); starboard (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); starboard (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); starboard (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); starboard (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉజియబోడ (Telugu) (page history and authors); starboard (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); starboard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); starboard (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); starboard (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); starboard (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); starboard (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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