Word Meanings - SEAMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A merman; the male of the mermaid. "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SEAMAN)

• Sailor
• Seaman
• mariner
• navigator
• seafarer
• tar

Related words: (words related to SEAMAN)

• SAILOR
  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. Syn. -- Mariner; seaman; seafarer. Sailor's choice. An excellent
• SEAMAN
  A merman; the male of the mermaid. "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke.
• MARINERSHIP
  Seamanship. Udalt.
• MARINER
  One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
• SEAMANLIKE
  Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.
• SEAFARER
  One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
• SEAMANSHIP
  The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
• NAVIGATOR
  One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.
• CIRCUMNAVIGATOR
  One who sails round. W. Guthrie.