navigator
- noun
- /ˈnævɪˌɡeɪtər/
- Every successful voyage requires a skilled navigator who knows the stars.
- the navigator's route
- pilots and navigators
- river navigator
Maybe if you could find a set of expert navigators?
- Maybe if you could find a set of expert navigators?
- We could not measure longitude, very important issue if you're a navigator and A and a sailor.
- Successful journeys depended on a number of factors, well built canoes, the skill of navigators and weather being some of the biggest.
- It's a Polynesian sport developed by the Hawaiians that were some of the greatest navigators in the world.
- But they would have the captain as one person, the head of the ship just making everything orchestrate, and the navigator would be a separate person.
- So as was introduced by John, the log last navigators there wanted the science becoming involved.
- And then we'll spin and drop and then exactly, and, and, and golfers are excellent navigators of subtleties and terrain.
Examples
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You are to be their navigator.
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Riding on replica sailing rafts, modern-day navigators retrace the routes of ancient Ecuadorian seafarers.
Academic text (2002) -
You can be my navigator.
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But I'd appreciate it, you being the navigator and all.
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What's the air speed, Navigator?
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We're a bit short of navigators at the moment.
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So, navigator, where's our next stop?
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The pilot and his navigator are clearly seen as they look towards the 747.
Fiction book (1996) -
One crew member serves as navigator and driver, steering the submersible around the 400-meter oval course.
Academic text (1993) -
Successful journeys depended on a number of factors, well built canoes, the skill of navigators and weather being some of the biggest.
Synonyms
An officer on a ship who navigates and reads charts to set the course
Antonyms
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Navigator comes from the old Latin verb navigare 'to sail' and the root navis 'ship', the same root as navy. So a navigator is a person who finds and plans the route of a ship, plane, or other vehicle and guides its way.