seamen
Deck-working naval personnel
Seamen is the plural of seaman—sailors or members of a ship's crew.
The term applies broadly to anyone who works aboard vessels at sea: The seamen prepared the ship for departure.
In naval contexts, seaman is also a specific enlisted rank.
The word is pronounced identically to semen, which occasionally produces juvenile humor or awkward moments.
Fellow sailors together
- crewmatesFellow members aboard
- messmatesThose sharing rations together
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- deckhandsShip's manual laborers
ratings · complement · company · mates · teamwork · camaraderie · cooperation · unit
Secures ships to seabed
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- mastVessel's sail support
- deckShip's flat surface
- helmVessel's steering mechanism
rudder · galley · port · starboard · bow · stern · knots · charts
Vehicles under unified command
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- carrierOne that transports
admiral · captain · ensign · warship · battleship · cruiser · corvette · navy
Ramshackle dwelling
- hornpipeSailor's traditional dance
- scrimshawEngraved whale ivory art
- tattooPermanent dermal design
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
grog · hardtack · hammock · duffle · oilskins · peacoat · bell-bottoms · swabbie
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
navigation · circumnavigation · homecoming · embarkation · disembarkation · landfall · berth · docking
shipmates
Fellow sailors together
- crewmatesFellow members aboard
- messmatesThose sharing rations together
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
deckhands · ratings · complement · company · mates · teamwork · camaraderie · cooperation · unit · squad
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
helm · rudder · galley · port · starboard · bow · stern · knots · charts · rigging
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
carrier · admiral · captain · ensign · warship · battleship · cruiser · corvette · navy · torpedo
shanty
Ramshackle dwelling
superstition · grog · hardtack · hammock · duffle · oilskins · peacoat · bell-bottoms · swabbie · salt
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
passage · navigation · circumnavigation · homecoming · embarkation · disembarkation · landfall · berth · docking · sailing
mariner
One who navigates ships
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- coxswainBoat steerer and commander
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
bosun · rigger · lookout · steward · cook · carpenter · sailmaker · harpooner · trawlerman · able-bodied
- naval personnelcaptains, admirals, officers, naval officers, commanders
- Dutch Shippingmerchant fleet, shipping companies, shipping lines, Dutch East India Company, VOC
- South American Navieswarships, frigates, corvettes, destroyers, submarines
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- maritime historyships, sailing ships, celestial navigation, merchant ships, merchant vessels
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
seamenlandlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
landsmen · land dwellers · farmers · inlanders · office workers
seamenofficers
Those holding authority
commissioned officers · admirals · captains · commanders · naval officers
- merchant seamanCivilian cargo ship sailor
- merchant seamenCivilian cargo ship crews