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Synonyms for circumnavigation

Most common

sailing periplus

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Related words

Is a kind of
navigation

Forms

Plural
circumnavigations → sailings, peripluses…

Example sentences

  • sailing She was looking forward to going sailing with him.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
circumnavigationsteady
sailingsteady
periplussteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
sailing2
8 letters
periplus

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sailing2 = 2 syllables).