Navigation

//nævɪˈɡeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "navigation" (82 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

helmsmanship seafaring seamanship aim astronavigation automatic electronic navigation azimuth bearing bent boating canoeing cartography celestial navigation chorography circumnavigation coasting consolan

Strong matches (24)

Related words (41)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

direction employment guidance shipping steering transport transportation work

Synonyms

3 entries

helmsmanship seafaring seamanship

derived

45 entries

TACAN aeronavigation air navigation astronavigation avigation celestial navigation circumnavigation cybernavigation freedom of navigation geonavigation grid navigation head of navigation hyperbolic navigation hyperbolic navigation system hypernavigation inertial navigation

Showing 16 of 45 words.

derived from

1 entries

navigate

has property

2 entries

difficult difficult if lost

is a

4 entries

getting from one place to another satellite navigation steering transportation

related to

16 entries

aircraft canal chart commercial course navigate navigator practice ship shipping spaceship technology theory traffic travel vessel

Translations

90 translations across 46 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

navigasie noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Arabic

1 entries

مِلَاحَة noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dənizçilik noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Belarusian

1 entries

навіга́цыя noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Bengali

1 entries

ন্যাভিগেইশ্ন্ noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Bulgarian

3 entries

корабоплаване noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
мореплаване noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
навигация noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Catalan

3 entries

navegació noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navegació noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
nàutica noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

導航 /导航 noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲕⲉⲙⲧϫⲟⲓ noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Czech

1 entries

navigace noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Danish

3 entries

navigering noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
skibsfart noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
søfart noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Dutch

2 entries

navigatie noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
scheepvaart noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Esperanto

2 entries

navigado noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navigado noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Finnish

3 entries

merenkulku noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
navigointi noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
suunnistus noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

French

2 entries

navigation noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navigation noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Galician

3 entries

navegación noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navegación noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
náutica noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

German

2 entries

Navigation noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
Schifffahrt noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Greek

2 entries

ναυσιπλοΐα noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
πλοήγηση noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Hebrew

2 entries

נִוּוּט noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
נַוָּטוּת noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Hindi

1 entries

नेविगेशन noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Hungarian

1 entries

navigáció noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Icelandic

2 entries

siglingafræði noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
skipstjórn noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Ido

1 entries

navigo noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Indonesian

2 entries

navigasi noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navigasi noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Irish

2 entries

loingseoireacht noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
loingseoireacht noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Italian

2 entries

nautica noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navigazione noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Kazakh

1 entries

навигация noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Latin

1 entries

nāvigātiō noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Lithuanian

2 entries

laivininkystė noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
laivyba noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Macedonian

2 entries

навигација noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
пловидба noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

navigering noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

navigering noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Old Armenian

1 entries

նաւաստութիւն noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Persian

1 entries

ناوبری noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Polish

2 entries

nawigacja noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
nawigacja noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Portuguese

3 entries

navegação noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navegação noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
náutica noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Romanian

2 entries

navigație noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navigație noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Russian

4 entries

морепла́вание noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
навига́ция noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
пла́вание noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
судохо́дство noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

moreplovstvo noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Spanish

3 entries

navegación noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navegación noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
náutica noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Swedish

4 entries

luftfart noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
lufttrafik noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
navigation noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
navigering noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Tagalog

1 entries

paglalayag noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Turkish

2 entries

navigasyon noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
yolbul noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Ukrainian

4 entries

морепла́вання noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
морепла́вство noun (traffic or travel by vessel)
навіга́ція noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
пла́вання noun (traffic or travel by vessel)

Urdu

4 entries

ارائت noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
جہاز رانی noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
سمت شناسی noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
نیویگیشن noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

West-Frisian

1 entries

navigaasje noun (theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.

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The harbor is closed to navigation.

Source: tatoeba (47982)

Early explorers used the stars for navigation.

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He has a superficial knowledge of navigation.

Source: tatoeba (296344)

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