You only get to know a good helmsman in a storm.
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Helmsman
Synonyms for "helmsman" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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79 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- stuurman noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κυβερνήτης noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Arabic
1 entries- دمانجي noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Armenian
1 entries- ղեկավար noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Assamese
3 entries- কাণ্ডাৰী noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- কেৰুৱালি noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- গুৰিয়াল noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Belarusian
4 entries- рулявы́ noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- сты́рнік noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- стырнавы́ noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- шту́рман noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кормчи́я noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- рулеви noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- щу́рман noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Catalan
1 entries- timoner noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 舵手 noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Cornish
2 entries- lewydh noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- lewydhes noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Czech
1 entries- kormidelník noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Danish
2 entries- rorgænger noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- styrmand noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Dutch
2 entries- roerganger noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- stuurman noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Early Assamese
1 entries- কাণ্ডাৰ noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Faroese
1 entries- stýrimaður noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Finnish
3 entries- perämies noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- peränpitäjä noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- ruorimies noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
French
2 entries- barreur noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- timonier noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Galician
3 entries- rodista noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- temoneiro noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- timoeiro noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
German
2 entries- Rudergänger noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- Steuermann noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Greek
1 entries- πηδαλιούχος noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Hebrew
2 entries- הַגַּאִי noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- תּוֹפֵשׂ הֶגֶה noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Hungarian
1 entries- kormányos noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Ingrian
1 entries- perämees noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Italian
3 entries- nocchiere noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- nocchiero noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- timoniere noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Japanese
1 entries- 舵手 noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Korean
2 entries- 키잡이 noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- 타수 noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Latin
1 entries- gubernātor noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Macedonian
2 entries- ко́рмилар noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- кр́мар noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Māori
3 entries- kaitia noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- kaiurungi noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- kaiwhakaue noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Norman
1 entries- bârryi noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- styrmann noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Old Armenian
1 entries- ղեկավար noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دومنجی noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Polish
1 entries- sternik noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Portuguese
1 entries- timoneiro noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Romanian
1 entries- cârmaci noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Russian
3 entries- ко́рмчий noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- рулево́й noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- шту́рман noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kormìlār noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- kȑmār noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- кормѝла̄р noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- кр̏ма̄р noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Slovak
1 entries- kormidelník noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Slovene
1 entries- krmar noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Spanish
2 entries- timonel noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- timonero noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Swedish
2 entries- rorgängare noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- rorsman noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagaugit noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Turkish
1 entries- dümenci noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
Ukrainian
4 entries- керма́нич noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- кермови́й noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- рульови́й noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
- стернови́й noun (person responsible for steering a ship)
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