Synonyms for sailing
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Seafaring — navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
- n. 2
Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- sailings → glidings, glides, soarings, seafarings…
Example sentences
- glide Tom watched the skaters glide across the ice.
- gliding Would you like to see a picture of Tom hang gliding?
- circumnavigation He began his circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sailing | steady | |
| glide | steady | |
| gliding | rising | |
| seafaring | rising | |
| circumnavigation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- glide1
- 7 letters
- soaring2, gliding2
- 9 letters
- seafaring
- 10 letters
- navigation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (soaring2 = 2 syllables).