navigate

Verb

Meaning

To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.

To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.

To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pilot direct guide travel operate handle journey manage sail voyage negotiate traverse steer ford conn
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Antonyms

chase course dog hound follow hunt
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Hypernyms

point head direct guide travel journey

Hyponyms

cruise astrogate

Related terms

navy navigator naval navigation navigable circumnavigate

Phrases with the word

navigate directly navigate in space ability to navigate aviate, navigate, communicate

Derivatives

navigated navigating

Anagrams

vaginate

Examples

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most. Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you live on cash, you understand the limits of the world around which you navigate each day. Credit leads into a desert with invisible boundaries. Anton Chekhov

The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate. William Henry Ashley

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong. Sherman Alexie

Every one can navigate in fine weather. Italian Proverb

Navigate your vessel alone. Klingon Proverb

Close letter words and terms

navigably navigatability navigatable navigate directly navigate in space navigating officer