circumnavigation

Noun

Meaning

The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

way air move movement course circuit gyre motion travel tour orbit branch turning driving journey
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Antonyms

center remain rest stay stand static
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Hypernyms

travel traveling travelling

Phrases with the word

semi-circumnavigation

Examples

While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved. Donald A. Wollheim

Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe Source: Internet

Ann Dearing Holtgren Pellegreno overflew the island in 1967, and Linda Finch did so in 1997, during memorial circumnavigation flights to commemorate Earhart's 1937 world flight. Source: Internet

As a result of this journey, which formed a section of the three-year Transglobe Expedition 1979–1982, Fiennes and Burton became the first people to complete a circumnavigation of the world via both North and South Poles, by surface travel alone. Source: Internet

Drake presented the Queen with a jewel token commemorating the circumnavigation. Source: Internet

And I’ve written about the indie bookstore that I plan to open someday (it was going to be before my circumnavigation, but now it’ll likely be immediately following). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

circumnatal circumnavigable circumnavigate circumnavigational circumnavigator circumnavigatory