Sail

//seɪl//

Synonyms for "sail" (191 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Noun(4 words)

cruise sweep voyage aeroplane airlift airplane balloon balloon sail batten be airborne be effortless be painless boat boltrope breeze canoe canvas carry sail circumnavigate clew

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cloth coast course cringle cross crossing crowd of sail dart drift earing embark excursion ferry fleet flit

Related words (95)

moonsail motorboat muslin navigate ocean trip parachute spinnaker passage pilot plain sail plane plow the deep ply present no difficulties press of sail push off put off put to sea rag reduced sail reef

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Verb(4 words)

navigate ship out sweep voyage

Noun(1 words)

sheet

Related word relations

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

17 relation types

More general

10 entries

boat construction journey move ocean trip piece of cloth piece of material structure travel voyage

More specific

23 entries

course crab claw driver extra fisherman gennaker genoa headsail jib lateen mainsail mizzen moonsail royal skysail spanker

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

motorboat

Synonyms

3 entries

cruise sweep voyage

Related terms

2 entries

W:Parts of a sail W:Template:Sail Types

capable of

1 entries

raised

derived

112 entries

after-sail asail balloon sail besail by sail circumsail crowd sail daysail drag sail drift sail electric sail foresail forestaysail full sail gaff sail gaffsail

Showing 16 of 112 words.

distinct from

2 entries

speed steam

has context

5 entries

fishing nautical nautical uncountable navigation paleontology

holonym

2 entries

sailboat watercraft

is a

3 entries

boat or ship part piece of cloth structure

manner of

2 entries

boat travel

meronym

7 entries

batten bunt clew leech luff roach tack

part of

2 entries

sailboat sailing vessel

related to

143 entries

above above boat action activity big big sheets blade blanket boat boat action boat canvas boat cloth boat engine boat fabric boat material boat mover

Showing 16 of 143 words.

similar

2 entries

brush sweep

used for

1 entries

power sailboat

Translations

335 translations across 139 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

layeue noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Adyghe

1 entries

анезе noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Afrikaans

1 entries

seil noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Aklanon

1 entries

eayag noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Albanian

3 entries

pëlhurë noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
vel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
velëzoj verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἱστίον noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
πλέω verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Arabic

4 entries

شِرَاع noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
أبحر verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
أَبْحَرَ verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
ركب verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Aragonese

1 entries

vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Armenian

1 entries

առագաստ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Aromanian

1 entries

vel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Asturian

2 entries

vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
navegar verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yelkən noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Bashkir

1 entries

елкән noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Belarusian

4 entries

ве́тразь noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
па́рус noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
папла́ваць verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
паплы́ць verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Bengali

1 entries

পাল noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Breton

1 entries

gouel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ветри́ло noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
ветрохо́дство noun (power harnessed by sails)
крило́ noun (the blade of a windmill)
платно́ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Burmese

1 entries

လင်းယဉ် noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Catalan

3 entries

aspa noun (the blade of a windmill)
vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
navegar verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Central Melanau

1 entries

layah noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Chamicuro

1 entries

wela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Chinese

2 entries

фынҗонзы noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
篷 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

帆 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
𢃇 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

帆 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
風帆 /风帆 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
航海 verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
航行 verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲗⲁⲩⲟ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Czech

4 entries

lopatka noun (the blade of a windmill)
plachta noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
plavba noun (a trip in a boat)
věž noun (a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine)

Dalmatian

1 entries

vaila noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Danish

4 entries

sejl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
sejltur noun (a trip in a boat)
flyve verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)
komme brusende verb (to move briskly but sedately)

Dutch

4 entries

zeil noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
zeiltocht noun (a trip in a boat)
zeilen verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
zeilen verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)

Erzya

1 entries

мевть noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Esperanto

1 entries

velo noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Estonian

4 entries

laba noun (the blade of a windmill)
puri noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
purjejõud noun (power harnessed by sails)
purjetamine noun (a trip in a boat)

Faroese

1 entries

segl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Fijian

2 entries

laca noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
laya noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Finnish

4 entries

purje noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
purjeet noun (power harnessed by sails)
purjehdus noun (a trip in a boat)
selkäpurje noun (paleontology: outward projection of the spine)

French

4 entries

aile noun (the blade of a windmill)
balade en mer noun (a trip in a boat)
balade en voilier noun (a trip in a boat)
flotteur noun (floating organ of siphonophores)

Friulian

1 entries

vele noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Galician

2 entries

vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
navegar verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Georgian

2 entries

აფრა noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
იალქანი noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

German

4 entries

Segel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
Turm noun (a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine)
Törn noun (a trip in a boat)
Windmühlenflügel noun (the blade of a windmill)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Greek

4 entries

ίστιο noun (a trip in a boat)
πανί noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
αρμενίζω verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)
πλέω verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Gujarati

1 entries

આભેસ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Hawaiian

1 entries

lā noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Hebrew

3 entries

מִפְרָשׂ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
הפליג verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
שט verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Higaonon

1 entries

lawig noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Hindi

1 entries

पाल noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Hungarian

4 entries

lapát noun (the blade of a windmill)
vitorla noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
hajózik verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
röppen verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)

Hunsrik

2 entries

Sehl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
sehle verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Icelandic

3 entries

segl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
sigling noun (a trip in a boat)
sigla verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Ido

1 entries

seglo noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Indonesian

1 entries

layar noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Ingrian

4 entries

purje noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
seili noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
siipi noun (the blade of a windmill)
purjehtia verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Interlingua

1 entries

navigar verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

بادْبان noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Iranun

1 entries

layag noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Irish

2 entries

seol noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
seol verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Italian

4 entries

pala noun (the blade of a windmill)
vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
vela noun (a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine)
condurre verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Japanese

3 entries

帆 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
帆走する verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
航海する verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Javanese

1 entries

layar noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Kalmyk

1 entries

җилк noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Kannada

1 entries

ಹಾಯಿ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Kashubian

1 entries

żôdżel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Kazakh

1 entries

желкен noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Khmer

1 entries

ក្ដោង noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

порьяс noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Korean

1 entries

돛 noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

желкин noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
парус noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Lao

2 entries

ໃບ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
ໃບລົມ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Latin

3 entries

vēlum noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
nāvigō verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
velificor verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Latvian

1 entries

bura noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Lithuanian

1 entries

burė noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

łopatka noun (the blade of a windmill)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Segel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
segelen verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Macedonian

4 entries

е́дрење noun (power harnessed by sails)
е́дрење noun (a trip in a boat)
е́дро noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
кри́ло noun (the blade of a windmill)

Malay

2 entries

layar noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
berkelana verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Maltese

1 entries

qlugħ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Mansaka

1 entries

layag noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Manx

1 entries

shiaull noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Middle Irish

1 entries

seólaid verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Mingrelian

3 entries

არფა noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
არქანი noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
ერქემი noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Mirandese

3 entries

ala noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
bela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
bela noun (the blade of a windmill)

Mongolian

2 entries

далбаа noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
дарвуул noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Mwani

1 entries

tanga noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Māori

4 entries

kōmaru noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
rerenga noun (a trip in a boat)
rā noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
rāwhara noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Nogai

1 entries

елкен noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Norman

3 entries

vaile noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
vaile noun (power harnessed by sails)
navidgi verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

seil noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
seiltur noun (a trip in a boat)
seile verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
seile verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

segl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Occitan

1 entries

vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Odia

1 entries

ପାଲ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

плавати verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Old English

2 entries

seġl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
siġlan verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Old Irish

1 entries

séol noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Old Javanese

1 entries

layar noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Old Slovak

1 entries

žehlovať noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Old Tupi

1 entries

aoba noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

بادبان noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
شراع noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
یلكن noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Pashto

2 entries

بادبان noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
بادوان noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Piedmontese

1 entries

vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Säajel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Polish

4 entries

kiosk noun (a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine)
pneumatofor noun (floating organ of siphonophores)
pęcherz powietrzny noun (floating organ of siphonophores)
skrzydło noun (the blade of a windmill)

Portuguese

4 entries

crista noun (floating organ of siphonophores)
pá noun (the blade of a windmill)
vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
velejada noun (a trip in a boat)

Romanian

4 entries

pânză noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
velă noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
naviga verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
naviga verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)

Romansch

3 entries

tenda noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
vel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Russian

4 entries

боева́я ру́бка noun (a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine)
ветри́ло noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
крыло́ noun (the blade of a windmill)
па́рус noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Sanskrit

1 entries

प्लवते verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Sardinian

2 entries

bela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Sail noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

seòl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
seòl verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jedrenje noun (a trip in a boat)
jȅdro noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
plòvidba noun (a trip in a boat)
је̏дро noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Sicilian

1 entries

navigari verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Slovak

1 entries

plachta noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Slovene

3 entries

jadro noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
jadrati verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
jadrati verb (to move briskly and gracefully through the air)

Southern Altai

1 entries

парус noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Spanish

4 entries

aspa noun (the blade of a windmill)
vela noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
hacer velerismo verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
navegar verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Swedish

4 entries

segel noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
segeltur noun (a trip in a boat)
seglats noun (a trip in a boat)
segling noun (a trip in a boat)

Tagalog

2 entries

layag noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
layag noun (a trip in a boat)

Tajik

1 entries

бодбон noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Tamil

1 entries

கப்பற்பாய் noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Tatar

1 entries

җилкән noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Tausug

1 entries

layag noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Telugu

2 entries

తెరచాప noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
పడవ ప్రయాణం noun (a trip in a boat)

Ternate

1 entries

side noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Tetum

1 entries

laan noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Thai

2 entries

ใบ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
ใบเรือ noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Turkish

3 entries

yelken noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
açılmak verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
denize açılmak verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýelken noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Ukrainian

2 entries

вітри́ло noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
па́рус noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Urdu

1 entries

پال noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Uyghur

1 entries

يەلكەن noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Uzbek

1 entries

yelkan noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Venetan

2 entries

véla noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
navegar verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Vietnamese

1 entries

buồm noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Volapük

2 entries

sail noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
sailön verb (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

Welsh

3 entries

asgell noun (the blade of a windmill)
hwyl noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
hwyl noun (the blade of a windmill)

West-Frisian

1 entries

seil noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Yiddish

1 entries

זעגל noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Zhuang

1 entries

gangfung noun (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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The sail tightened in the strong wind.

Source: tatoeba (19224)

We began to sail in the direction of the port.

Source: tatoeba (22988)

Sail along the coast.

Source: tatoeba (25932)

Clouds sail across the sky.

Source: tatoeba (26526)

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Sail

Synonyms for "sail" (191 found)

Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (57)

Related words (95)

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Antonyms

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capable of

derived

distinct from

has context

holonym

is a

manner of

meronym

part of

related to

similar

used for

Translations

Acehnese

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Aklanon

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Aromanian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Melanau

Chamicuro

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Coptic

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dutch

Erzya

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Fijian

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Gujarati

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Hunsrik

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Iranun