Admiral

//ˈædməɹəl//

Synonyms for "admiral" (10 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

captain commander

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

emir flagship

ensign

Related words (5)

Noun(1 words)

full admiral

lieutenant naval officer skipper warrant officer

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

5 entries

brush-footed butterfly flag officer four-footed butterfly nymphalid nymphalid butterfly

More specific

18 entries

Admiral of the Fleet Admiral of the Navy Lord High Admiral commodore admiral counter admiral counter-admiral fleet admiral full admiral general admiral general-admiral grand admiral lieutenant admiral lieutenant-admiral rear admiral rear-admiral sub-admiral

Showing 16 of 18 words.

derived

44 entries

Admiral of the Navy Dutch admiral High Admiral Kentucky Admiral Lord High Admiral Lorquin's admiral admiral butterfly admiral cone admiral of the Swiss Navy admiral of the blue admiral of the fleet admiral of the red admiral of the sea admiral of the white admiral pear admiral sauce

Showing 16 of 44 words.

etymologically related_to

3 entries

admirable amir emir

has context

1 entries

military

is a

3 entries

commissioned officer flag officer nymphalid

related to

34 entries

above above captain admiral of fleet admiralty butterflies captain captains captains superior dog flag officer flagship general higher leader naval naval leader

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Translations

120 translations across 70 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

admiraal noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admiraal noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Albanian

2 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admiral noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ναύαρχος noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Arabic

2 entries

أَدْمِيرَال noun (appointed commander of a navy)
أَمِيرُ البَحْر noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Armenian

2 entries

ծովակալ noun (appointed commander of a navy)
ծովակալ noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Belarusian

1 entries

адміра́л noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Bulgarian

2 entries

адмирал noun (appointed commander of a navy)
адмирал noun (butterfly)

Catalan

1 entries

almirall noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

海軍上將 /海军上将 noun (appointed commander of a navy)
海軍上將 /海军上将 noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
紅蛺蝶 /红蛱蝶 noun (butterfly)

Czech

3 entries

admirál noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admirál noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
babočka admirál noun (butterfly)

Danish

3 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admiral noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
admiral noun (butterfly)

Dutch

1 entries

admiraal noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Esperanto

2 entries

admiralo noun (appointed commander of a navy)
ŝiparestro noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Estonian

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Faroese

1 entries

admirálur noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Finnish

4 entries

amiraali noun (appointed commander of a navy)
amiraali noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
amiraali noun (butterfly)
laivastoamiraali noun (appointed commander of a navy)

French

2 entries

amiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
amiral noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Galician

2 entries

almiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
almirante noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Georgian

1 entries

ადმირალი noun (appointed commander of a navy)

German

1 entries

Admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Greek

2 entries

ναύαρχος noun (appointed commander of a navy)
ναύαρχος noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Hebrew

1 entries

אַדְמִירָל noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Hindi

4 entries

एडमिरल noun (appointed commander of a navy)
ऐडमिरल noun (appointed commander of a navy)
जलसेनापति noun (appointed commander of a navy)
नावाधिपति noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Hungarian

4 entries

admirális noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admirális noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
tengernagy noun (appointed commander of a navy)
tengernagy noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Icelandic

1 entries

aðmíráll noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Indonesian

1 entries

laksamana noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Interlingua

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Irish

3 entries

aimiréal noun (appointed commander of a navy)
aimiréal noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
aimiréal noun (butterfly)

Italian

1 entries

ammiraglio noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Japanese

3 entries

提督 noun (appointed commander of a navy)
海軍大将 noun (appointed commander of a navy)
海軍大将 noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Kazakh

1 entries

адмирал noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Korean

1 entries

제독 noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

адмирал noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Latin

1 entries

nāvarchus noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Latvian

1 entries

admirālis noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Lithuanian

1 entries

admirolas noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Macedonian

1 entries

адмирал noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Malay

1 entries

laksamana noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Manx

2 entries

ard-marragh noun (appointed commander of a navy)
ard-marragh noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Māori

1 entries

ātamira noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Norman

1 entries

amitha noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Northern Sami

2 entries

admirála noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admirála noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admiral noun (butterfly)
admiralsommerfugl noun (butterfly)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

آمیرال noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Persian

2 entries

دریابد noun (appointed commander of a navy)
دریاسالار noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Polish

2 entries

admirał noun (appointed commander of a navy)
admirał noun (butterfly)

Portuguese

3 entries

almirante noun (appointed commander of a navy)
almirante noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
almirante noun (butterfly)

Romanian

1 entries

amiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Russian

3 entries

адмира́л noun (appointed commander of a navy)
адмира́л noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
адмира́л noun (butterfly)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

admìrāl noun (appointed commander of a navy)
адмѝра̄л noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Sicilian

1 entries

ammiragghiu noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Slovak

1 entries

admirál noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Slovene

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Spanish

2 entries

almirante noun (appointed commander of a navy)
almirante noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Swahili

1 entries

admirali noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Swedish

3 entries

amiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
amiral noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
amiral noun (butterfly)

Tagalog

4 entries

almirante noun (appointed commander of a navy)
almirante noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
laksamana noun (appointed commander of a navy)
ádmirál noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Tajik

1 entries

адмирал noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Thai

1 entries

พลเรือเอก noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Turkish

2 entries

amiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)
amiral noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)

Turkmen

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Ukrainian

1 entries

адміра́л noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Urdu

3 entries

امیر البحر noun (appointed commander of a navy)
امیر البحر noun (high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks)
ایڈمرل noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئادمىرال noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Uzbek

1 entries

admiral noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Vietnamese

1 entries

đô đốc noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Welsh

1 entries

llyngesydd noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Yiddish

1 entries

אַדמיראַל noun (appointed commander of a navy)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto launched the battle.

Source: tatoeba (804153)

"If any of you survive this fatal night and return to Jamaica tell the admiral that I was in search of the pirate when this lamentable occurrence took place; tell him I hope I have always done my duty, and that I-."

Source: tatoeba (1803843)

The admiral is never satisfied.

Source: tatoeba (1911873)

Shepard became an admiral in the United States Navy, the first astronaut to ever achieve such a rank.

Source: tatoeba (3958985)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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