Sailing

/ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/

Synonyms for "sailing" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Noun(2 words)

aeronauticsair serviceairline astronautics aviation ballooning bingoblind flyingboating canoeing checkers chess circumnavigation cloud-seeding

Strong matches (23)

coastingcommercial aviationcontact flyingcruising flight flow flowing flying gamegeneral aviationglide gliding gunkholing motorboating navigability navigating navigation

Noun(6 words)

cruise glide gliding nautical navigation overstep

Related words (39)

passage-making periplus pilotage rowing sailplaning scullingsea travelseafaring skating skiing skim sledding slide sliding slipping slither slithering soaring sport steaming

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sweep sweeping tobogganingtravel by watervoyagingwater travelwinging yachting

Noun(11 words)

progress risk sailsail driven vesselsail powered vesselsailplaning soaring succeed trip voyage yachting

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More general

24 entries

adjectiveathletic activitydeparturedescriptive adjectiveemployment flight flying goinggoing awayleavinglinguistic descriptormaritime activitymaritime craftnautical activitynautical travelproceed

Showing 16 of 24 words.

More specific

19 entries

coastal cruisecoastal sailingcruisingethics reviewfleet racinglicensing approvaloffshore sailingopen water sailingopen water voyagepushing boundariesracing regattasail poweredsailing dinghysailing schoonersailing yacht

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Collocations

13 entries

competitive sailinggo sailingoffshore sailingrecreational sailingsailing clubsailing conditionssailing dinghysailing instructionsailing schoonersailing seasonsailing shipsailing vesselsailing yacht

Inflections

5 entries

more sailingmost sailingsailed sailings sails

Derivations

4 entries

sail sailable sailingly sailings

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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There was a ship sailing on the sea.

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Bad weather prevented them from sailing.

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I would if I could, but I'm taking sailing lessons this week.

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Many boats are sailing on the sea.

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