Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

motorboat

Capable Of

raised

Derived Terms

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 headsail knock the wind out of someone's sails light sail lugsail mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails mainsail make sail mizzensail moonsail outsail oversail oversail parasail photon sail point of sail resail riding sail ringsail sail by sail close to the wind sail coat sail curve sail fine sail foam sail loft sail on another board sail sign sail the Red Sea sail the high seas sail through sail under false colors sail vault sail wagon sail-by sail-by salute sail-fluke sail-like sail-plan sail-road sail-yard sailable sailage sailback sailboard sailboat sailby sailcloth sailcraft sailduck sailer sailfin sailfish sailflying sailing sailless saillike sailmaker sailmaking sailor sailpast sailplane sailpunk sailray sailroom sailship sailsman sailwear sailworthy saily sailyard sailyarn scudding sail set sail set sails shoulder-of-mutton sail skysail smoke sail solar sail spritsail square sail squaresail staysail storm sail strike sail studding sail take the wind out of someone's sails that ship has already sailed that ship has sailed topgallant sail topsail trim one's sails under sail windsail wingsail working sail

Distinct From

speed steam

Context

fishing nautical nautical uncountable navigation paleontology

Part Of (Holonyms)

sailboat watercraft

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

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

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

course crab claw driver extra fisherman gennaker genoa headsail jib lateen mainsail mizzen moonsail royal skysail spanker spinnaker spritsail staysail studding topgallant topsail trysail

Type Of (IsA)

boat or ship part piece of cloth structure

Manner Of

boat travel

Parts (Meronyms)

batten bunt clew leech luff roach tack

Part Of

sailboat sailing vessel

Related Terms

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

Related Terms

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 boat part boat propellant boat propeller boat propulsion boat sheet boat thing boat type boat water boat wind boating boating activity boating propulsion boats boats do boats ships briskly canvas capture catch catch wind catcher catches catches wind catching catching wind cloth cloth sheet dinosaur direction do engine fabric fabric triangle flap float fluttering for boating for moving for wind for yachting gracefully in ocean in sea large large sheet made made fabric mast masts material mover moves moves boats moving navigate ocean on boat on boats on mast on ship on ships on water on yacht part pirates portuguese man of war power powered pretty pretty boat propellant propelled propeller propulsion push racing riding riding ocean ropes sailboat sailfish sea set sail sheet sheets ship ship cloth ship power ship sheet ships siphonophore spar spine sport submarine synapsid tall tall ships transport transportation triangle triangle cloth type type boat water water activity water transport white white sheet wind wind boat wind boating wind boats wind capture wind catcher wind direction wind flap wind power wind powered wind propelled wind push wind thing windmill wing yacht yacht sheet yachting

Similar Terms

brush sweep

Synonym Network

cruise sweep voyage

Used For

power sailboat

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