Synonyms for sailor
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Seaman — A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft
seaman, mariner, seafarer, ship-man, navigator, salt slang, jacky slang
3. Jack — A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. In…
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
- n. 2
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.
- n. 3
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
Related words
- Word family
- sailorlike sailorly
- Phrases
- ragged sailor blue sailor by-the-wind sailor turnpike sailor sailor's housewife
- Is a kind of
- person
Forms
- Plural
- sailors → seamen, mariners, seafarers, ship-men…
Example sentences
- seaman The seaman had to clean the ship down to the copper bolts.
- mariner Mariner 9 was launched on May 30, 1971.
- seafarer In 1498, the seafarer and explorer Vasco da Gama found a route to India.
By length
- 3 letters
- tar1, gob1
- 4 letters
- jack1, salt1, swab1
- 5 letters
- jacky2
- 6 letters
- panama3, seaman2, boater, matlow
- 7 letters
- mariner3, skimmer2, leghorn2
- 8 letters
- seafarer3
- 9 letters
- navigator4, tarpaulin
- 10 letters
- bluejacket3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jacky2 = 2 syllables).