Sailor
//ˈseɪ.lɚ//
Word Type
Noun
Proper Noun
The word "sailor" can be used as noun and proper noun.
Word Relationships
Capable Of
board ship board submarine board whale boat box compass captain ship coming home dance hornpipe lower flag man battlestations man deck man life raft man submarine row boat sail across sea sail boat sail seven seas sail ship sailing in ocean sailing sailboat save elian gonzales ship out shore boat sound depth of sea tie knot tie rope wave in semiphor wind winch wish for fair weather
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Derived Terms
a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor blue sailor boardsailor by-the-wind sailor curse like a sailor daysailor mouth of a sailor nonsailor paper sailor parasailor ragged sailor rosewater sailor roving sailor sailor collar sailor dive sailor fuku sailor hat sailor mouth sailor plant sailor skirt sailor suit sailor's eyeball sailor-fish sailor-proof sailoress sailoring sailorize sailorless sailorlike sailorly sailorman sailorproof sailorwoman swear like a sailor trailer sailor turnpike sailor wandering sailor
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Desires
Part Of (Holonyms)
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
abab able-bodied seaman admiral bargeman bargewoman bluejacket boardsman boater boatman boatsman boatswain bosun bowsman cabin boy captain chief mate coaster commodore cox coxswain crewman crewperson crewwoman deckhand doggerman ensign first mate first officer flag officer foretopman galiongee helmsman lascar leading seaman leadsman lubber mate matey merchant mariner navigator old salt ordinary seaman pilot pirate pollywog privateer rag bagger rear admiral rosewater sailor sailoress sailorman sailorwoman salty dog seadog shantyman shellback shiplord shipmaster shipmate skipper steersman submariner trawlerman vice admiral whaler windjammer yachter yachtsman yachtswoman yachty
Type Of (IsA)
Not Desires
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