naut
Seagoing, for short
Naut is not a standalone English word but a combining form meaning sailor or navigation, from the Greek for ship.
It appears in compounds: astronaut (star sailor), cosmonaut (universe sailor), aeronaut (air sailor), nautical, nautilus.
Occasionally used playfully as shorthand for astronaut or similar: The nauts suited up for launch.
Venturing outside a spacecraft
- spacesuitPressurized garment for vacuum
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- orbitCurved celestial path
- missionPurpose-driven task
launch · rocket · shuttle · NASA · ESA · ISS · extravehicular · taikonaut
One who navigates oceans
- helmsmanOne who navigates vessels
- skipperVessel's commanding officer
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
boatswain · deckhand · first mate · quartermaster · coxswain · able seaman · midshipman · shipmate
Early explorer or settler
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- discovererOne locating something unknown
expeditionary · scout · prospector · frontiersman · cartographer · navigator · Magellan · Columbus
Travel from place to place
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
navigation · seafaring · sailing · quest · pilgrimage · passage · trek · circumnavigation
spacewalk
Venturing outside a spacecraft
mission · launch · rocket · shuttle · NASA · ESA · ISS · extravehicular · taikonaut · zero-gravity
seafarer
One who navigates oceans
- helmsmanOne who navigates vessels
- skipperVessel's commanding officer
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
bosun · boatswain · deckhand · first mate · quartermaster · coxswain · able seaman · midshipman · shipmate · old salt
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
discoverer · expeditionary · scout · prospector · frontiersman · cartographer · navigator · Magellan · Columbus · Erikson
journey
Travel from place to place
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
crossing · navigation · seafaring · sailing · quest · pilgrimage · passage · trek · circumnavigation · itinerary
- nautical chartMap for marine navigation
- nautical milesMarine distance units
- nautical starFive-pointed maritime symbol
- nautilus shellChambered cephalopod's outer covering
- nautical knots
- nautical rope
nautical, nautilus, astronaut, cosmonaut, aeronaut, aquanaut, argonaut, astronautics, aeronautics