Thesaurus results for NAVIGATE

navigate

verb

ˈna-və-ˌgāt

Definition of navigate

as in to steer

to operate or control the course of the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo

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as in to sail

to travel on water in a vessel the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal

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as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it

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Recent Examples of navigate The family began building a network of parents of children with rare diseases, getting tips on how to support Jaxson and how to navigate the complex pathways of scientific research. — Ciara McCarthy 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026 Financial services are filled with products that can be difficult to understand and even harder to navigate. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The tech giant envisions a network of people’s personal AI agents interacting with businesses’ AI agents instead of navigating through a website. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Like anyone who has navigated the music industry for more than two decades, Larsson has felt the ebbs and flows of success. — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for navigate

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Verb

Admirers viewed him as a capable leader who could steer the nation through global uncertainties, the image carefully crafted by the mainstream media.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Ne-Yo endeared himself to a legion of women bruised by the very men who’d eventually steer R&B into an era of lawlessness.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of steer

Verb

Brady also took issue with a call against Detroit, suggesting Lions linebacker Derrick Barnes didn't deserve an unnecessary roughness flag for bumping running back MarShawn Lloyd after a pass sailed over Lloyd's head.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Built by master Konjo shipwrights in South Sulawesi using dense tropical teak and ironwood, Silolona and its sister phinisi schooner, Si Datu Bua, venture where few travelers have sailed before.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sail

Verb

That certainly is the case traversing from the old 13th District to the new one.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of traverse

Verb

Naya Rivera, who played cheerleader Santana Lopez, died in an accidental drowning while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake in 2020.

— Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
In the years since the series concluded, another loss was suffered as Rivera, who played Santana Lopez, died from drowning in 2020 after going boating with her four-year-old son.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of boat

Verb

Jude described himself as a Republican who is willing to cross party lines.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
The buzzy Canadian singer kicks it off next February in Berlin before crossing the rest of Europe then heading back to North America for a round of Canadian and West Coast dates.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of cross

Verb

Slide 1 of 15 The entries included license plate numbers, descriptions of vehicles and descriptions of law enforcement personnel Willie Herndon believed were following him, the complaint said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
That was soon followed by two short drives, both finished by junior running back Dylan Riley.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of follow

Verb

Prosecutor Louise Gray said Ali instructed a group of men to drive three vans to RAF Fairford, park the vehicles and walk away.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Bird-watching, walking, and cycling are other ways to experience the area's natural surroundings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of walk

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