- sailor
- n1. mariner, seaman, seafarer, bluejacket, marine, jack-tar, Jacky, Inf. windjammer, Inf. gob, Brit. Sl. matelot, East Indian. lascar, Fr. matelot, Ger. Mat rose, Sp. marinero, It. marinaio; sea dog, shellback, Inf. salt, Inf. salty dog, Inf. water dog, Inf. tar, Sl. limey, Rare. tarpaulin; boatman, boater, yachtsman, yachtswoman, cruiser.2. skipper, captain, shipmaster, master, old man; first mate, chief mate, first or chief officer, Naut. mate; helmsman, steersman, pilot, navigator.3. petty officer, boatswain, bo's'n, bosun, coxswain; crewman, hand, Naut. deck hand; midshipman, Inf. middy, (at the U.S. Naval Academy) plebe or pleb, Both Naut. Disparag. landlubber, lubber.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.