Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "sailing" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Causes

getting sunburned

Derived Terms

Thames sailing barge boardsailing clear sailing daysailing land sailing nonsailing oblique sailing plain sailing plain-sailing plane sailing rhumb sailing sailing boat sailing dinghy sailing ship sailing vessel sailing yacht sailing-ice sailing-master sailingly smooth sailing stadium sailing traverse sailing

Derived From

sail

Inflected/Variant Forms

sail

Prerequisites

wind

Has Property

fun

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

departure employment flight flying going going away leaving seafaring water travel work

Type Of (IsA)

ancient mode of transportation boating competitive sport departure expensive hobby expensive water sport favorite pastime of middle class americans sport water travel way of living

Receives Action

done in boats

Related Terms

craft departure ferry motion navigate navigation operate otherwise port sail scheduled ship skill sport time travelling vessel voyage water wind

Synonym Network

glide seafaring

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