sailors
Crew at sea
Sailors are people who work on ships or boats, especially as members of a crew.
The term covers everyone from naval personnel to commercial mariners to recreational boaters.
A good sailor handles rough seas without getting sick.
Hello, sailor is a flirtatious greeting associated with old port towns.
Someone described as no sailor gets seasick easily.
Secures ships to seabed
Ropes controlling ship sails
- swabbingCleaning by wiping
- knotsSecured loops in rope
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- furlingRolling up sails
holystone · helm · watch · bilge · capstan · marlinspike · deckhand · coiling
Fellow crew member
- bunkmateBed-sharing cabin partner
- comradesClose allies in cause
- messmateFellow diner, especially military
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
helmsman · coxswain · navigator · captain · skipper · quartermaster · berthing · camaraderie
File bundling utility
- saltSodium chloride compound
- sea-dogExperienced veteran mariner
- gobShapeless soft lump
- swabbieLowest-ranking naval enlistee
jack-tar · bluejacket · navy · whaler · trawlerman · longshoreman · dockworker · harbormaster
Ramshackle dwelling
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- mermaidFish-tailed ocean woman
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- PolarisCelestial north marker
scrimshaw · tattoo · earring · kraken · Neptune · shellback · pollywog · hornpipe
Traveling through unknown regions
- discoveryAct of finding something
- unchartedNot yet documented
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
treasure · pirates · privateers · buccaneers · mutiny · marooned · castaway · galleon
Organized exploratory journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- passageSegment of text
circumnavigation · homeport · landfall · departure · embarkation · disembarkation · itinerary · logbook
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- starboardVessel's right-hand side
portside · bow · stern · keel · mast · rigging · helm · tiller · jib · mainmast
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
furling · holystone · helm · watch · bilge · capstan · marlinspike · deckhand · coiling · tarring
shipmate
Fellow crew member
- bunkmateBed-sharing cabin partner
- comradesClose allies in cause
- messmateFellow diner, especially military
bosun · helmsman · coxswain · navigator · captain · skipper · quartermaster · berthing · camaraderie · liberty
tar
File bundling utility
swabbie · jack-tar · bluejacket · navy · whaler · trawlerman · longshoreman · dockworker · harbormaster
shanty
Ramshackle dwelling
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- mermaidFish-tailed ocean woman
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
Polaris · scrimshaw · tattoo · earring · kraken · Neptune · shellback · pollywog · hornpipe · grog
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
shipwreck · treasure · pirates · privateers · buccaneers · mutiny · marooned · castaway · galleon · caravel
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
passage · circumnavigation · homeport · landfall · departure · embarkation · disembarkation · itinerary · logbook · doldrums
- Age of ExplorationColumbus, Marco Polo, exploration, explorers, expeditions
- maritime historyships, celestial navigation, merchant ships, merchant vessels, seafaring
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- Navieswarships, ships, cruiser, battleship, Royal Navy
- seafaringship, ships, boats, anchor, crew
- Adventurersexplorers, adventurers, pioneers, trailblazers, pathfinders
sailorslandlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
landsmen · inlanders · land dwellers · farmers · mountaineers
sailorssoldiers
Military personnel who fight
infantrymen · ground troops · army personnel · foot soldiers · land forces
- curse like a sailorUse abundant profanity
- sailor shirt
- swears like a sailorUses excessive profanity
- swore like a sailorUsed excessive profanity
- swearing like a sailorSpeaking with excessive profanity
- sailor hatMaritime headwear with brim