sailor

Speech parts

1. sailor - Noun

2. Sailor - Proper noun

Meaning

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mariner seafarer seaman crewman hand salt tar shipman skimmer able seaman boater deckhand bluejacket old salt ordinary seaman
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Antonyms

landsman landman landlubber nonsailor king of the fleet chief admiral of the fleet
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Hypernyms

military personnel human man individual person animal

Hyponyms

jack mariner gob seafarer seaman hand

Phrases with the word

sailor's eyeball drunk as a sailor on leave able-bodied sailor blue sailor good sailor enlisted sailor

Anagrams

Losari Solari

Examples

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. Honoré de Balzac

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems. Fritz Sauckel

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean. Anna Freud

You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail, and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner. Irish Proverb

A sailor must have his eye trained to the rocks and sands as well as the north star. Italian Proverb

There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn't know where the harbor is. Norwegian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

saillike sailmaker sailmaking sailor bear sailor boy sailor cap