Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "captain" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

crew deck deck hand deckhand follower hand mate minion peon private seaman ship

Typical Location

airplane airplane cabin basketball team battleship bridge of ship charge helm of ship military navy ship

Capable Of

captain boat captain ship lead team man helm man ship man vessel ring bell shore ship stay course

Coordinate Terms

copilot first officer

Defined As

boss in tha ship boss on boat last one leaving sinking ship leader of team

Derived Terms

Captain America Captain Ersatz Captain Obvious Captains Flat barangay captain bell captain block captain bus captain captain ball captain general captain of industry captain of sea and war captain of the fleet captain regent captain save a hoe captain's servant captain-general captaincy captainess captainish captainless captainlike captainly captainship cocaptain copper captain corvette captain country captain cruiser captain donatary captain flag captain fleet captain flotilla captain frigate captain group captain led captain police captain post captain post-captain road captain school captain sea captain senior captain senior ship of the line captain senior ship-of-the-line captain ship of the line captain ship-of-the-line captain staff captain subcaptain the captain goes down with the ship train captain undercaptain vice-captain

Distinct From

admiral colonel corporal deputy general major officer

Etymologically Related To

cap

Context

internet military southern us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

airplane pilot commissioned military officer commissioned naval officer dining-room attendant head lead leader officer pilot police officer restaurant attendant ship's officer

Type Of (IsA)

commissioned military officer commissioned naval officer commissioned officer dining room attendant higher rank than lietenant in charge of boat leader officer pilot police officer policeman sailor

Manner Of

head

Part Of

team

Related Terms

cap capital capitalism capitulate capitulation chapiter chapter chief chieftain

Related Terms

above above lieutenant admiral after after lieutenant air force airplane airplane pilot armband armies army army leader army officer army position army power army rank army ranking at boats athlete authority authority army aye aye aye bars beard begins begins cap below below admiral below general below major berries birds birds eye boat boat boss boat chief boat commander boat director boat driver boat guider boat leader boat man boat master boat official boat owner boat rank boat skipper boat staff boater boatman boats boats boss boats director boats leader boats ships boos boss bridge cabin cap cap something caplet captain obvious casket cereal cereal crunch charge chef chief clothes colonel command command position command ships commander commodore conductor control cook cool cool hat crew crunch crunch berries crunch cereal designate director down drive drive ship driver drives drives boat drives ships enterprise enterprise boss eye eye patch fancy fancy hat first first mate football football head four four bars general giving giving orders goes goes down guider guy happen has has ship hat hat ship head head boat head chief head guy head man head mate head member head person head pirate head sailor head ship head shipmate headmaster heads heads ship helm high high rank high soldier his honcho hook humans in boats in charge in military jack jack sparrow james james cook james kirk job kangaroo king kirk lawfully lead leader leader role leader ship leader team leaders leadership leadership position leading leading ship leads leads ship lieutenant main main head major makes man marine corps master mate maître d member military military boss military general military leader military officer military position military rank national oceanic and atmospheric administration commissioned corps nautical nautical commander nautical rank naval naval leader naval officer naval rank navel navel rank navigator navy navy boss navy commander navy leader navy man navy officer navy rank navy title occupation of ship of ships officer officer rank official on boat on cereal on ship on ships operator orders own own cabin owner owner ship owners parrot patch person pilot pilots pilots ship pirate pirate boss pirate leader pirates pirates boss policeman position post power profession public health service commissioned corps rank rank authority ranking rear admiral lower half referee role running running ship runs runs ships sailing sailing person sailor sargent sea sea boss sea chief sea leader sea officer sea traveller seagoing seagoing vessel seaman ship ship boss ship chief ship command ship commander ship driver ship has ship head ship headmaster ship honcho ship king ship lead ship leader ship leaders ship leadership ship master ship occupation ship officer ship owner ship owners ship person ship pilot ship rank shipboard shipmate ships ships armies ships boss ships commander ships head ships headmaster ships leader ships master ships teams sinking sinking ship sir skipper soldier sparrow sports sports teams staff steering steers steers ship team team leader teams their their chief tho tho army title together top top officer top rank traveller under under major uniform united states army united states coast guard united states navy vessel vessels vessels chief water wears wears hat white white clothes white hat with his

Synonym Network

capt master pilot skipper supervisor

Used For

being army company commander being in charge command lieutenants command of army company command of ship at sea command ship command troops commanding sailing vessel commanding ship commanding ship's crew commanding starship commanding submarine commanding vessel directing lieutenants directing people final authority aboard ship lead team leadership relaying orders from higher up sailing sailing boat ship shouting gilligan no singing aria in hms pinafore singing pop songs with tenniel telling people what to do

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.