sea captain

Noun

Meaning

The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

captain skipper master admiral coach navigator leader officer chief commander boss adventurer Blackbeard sea wolf sea dog
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Antonyms

terrestrial doormat aide myrmidon sock puppet flunkie
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Hypernyms

officer ship's officer

Examples

The woodcutter is far better for skill than he is for brute strength. It is by skill that the sea captain holds his rapid ship on its course, though torn by winds, over the wine-blue water. By skill charioteer outpasses charioteer. Homer

During this time, he began socializing with Mary Oakes Davis—the widow of a sea captain. Source: Internet

Europeans (from 1500) Map of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands (1502) European contact began in 1500, when the Portuguese sea captain Diogo Dias sighted the island after his ship separated from a fleet going to India. Source: Internet

As with his other writings, the Travels was published under a pseudonym, the fictional Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon and later a sea captain. Source: Internet

The idea of a shark attack sounded preposterous to everyone, including retired sea captain Thomas Cottrell. Source: Internet

At times, "Great House" creaks under the weight, as in this unfortunate bit about Mr. Weisz's son and daughter: "Just as the children of a sea captain instinctively understand the sea, Yoav and Leah had a natural sense for furniture." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sea canal sea canary sea cap sea card sea carnation sea cat