Thesaurus results for NAVIGATOR

navigator

noun

ˈna-və-ˌgā-tər

Definition of navigator

as in sailor

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel our crew comprised a captain, a navigator, and a few deckhands

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Recent Examples of navigator Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished during one of the final stretches of their trip after departing Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Celestial navigators who do this will need to account for the growing difference between UTC and UT1 when determining their precise position on Earth. — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 The navigator also suggested the Orlando area’s Lynx transportation system, which Holmes said would cost his family money. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 And of the 93 Hope navigators on the payroll today, 54 were already working for DCF before the program launched in September 2021. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for navigator

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Noun

Bulgarians voted against a backdrop of growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping, which have left several sailors dead or missing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

And the fact that he was made an officer in the Provincial Marine by the British is a sign of his quality as a mariner and a leader.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
According to family history, DaCosta Levy’s family lineage traced to Portugal, where his ancestors had been mariners — almost certainly Sephardic Jews who scattered across the Atlantic world after the Inquisition.

— Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of mariner

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