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navigator

navigator

39 4.2
A person who plans and guides the route of a ship or plane
  • noun
  • /ˈnævɪˌɡeɪtər/
translation icon : navegante
  • 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?

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Examples

  • You are to be their navigator.

  • Riding on replica sailing rafts, modern-day navigators retrace the routes of ancient Ecuadorian seafarers.

    Academic text (2002)
  • You can be my navigator.

  • But I'd appreciate it, you being the navigator and all.

  • What's the air speed, Navigator?

  • We're a bit short of navigators at the moment.

  • So, navigator, where's our next stop?

  • 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

sailing master
vsnavigator
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An officer on a ship who navigates and reads charts to set the course

plans and directs routes for ships aircraft or other vehicles rather than only ships

Antonyms

975 1.0

A person who travels in a car, train, or bus but does not drive it

How Experienced

senior pilot
  • Specialized
1 4.2
sailing master
  • Archaic
1 9.9
navigator
39 4.2
novice
46 3.4

Surface Forms

navigator singular
navigators plural

Morphology

navigator = navigate (transparent) = navigate + or

Clear agentive formation: 'navigate' (verb) + the suffix '-or' gives 'person who navigates'.

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.