Synonyms for buccaneer
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Noun
1. Pirate
pirate, corsair, sea robber, robber, raider, sea rover, freebooter, picaroon
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Definitions
- n. 1
Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
Related words
- Word family
- buccaneering buccaneerism
Forms
- Plural
- buccaneers → pirates, corsairs, robbers, raiders…
Example sentences
- pirate The fishing boat turned out to be a pirate skiff.
- robber The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
- privateer A privateer is not a pirate.
By length
- 6 letters
- pirate2, robber2, raider2
- 7 letters
- corsair2
- 8 letters
- picaroon
- 9 letters
- privateer
- 10 letters
- freebooter
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pirate2 = 2 syllables).