as in pilot
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft
the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world
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Recent Examples of aviator
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington Budding aviators, plane geeks and those looking for any type of airport job can get a sneak peek without even booking an airline ticket.
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Meanwhile, Bezos sat next to his wife wearing a navy blue polo shirt and black aviator-style sunglasses.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 30 May 2026
Not long ago, a man in an aviator cap began appearing on screens around the world.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 29 May 2026
Separately, the discovery of a woman’s shoe, a compact case, a medicine vial, and a bottle of concealer that were found on Nikumaroro in the South Pacific and may have belonged to the 1930s aviator Amelia Earhart have provided more clues about her 1937 disappearance.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Meanwhile, Bezos sat next to his wife wearing a navy blue polo shirt and black aviator-style sunglasses.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 30 May 2026
Not long ago, a man in an aviator cap began appearing on screens around the world.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 29 May 2026
Separately, the discovery of a woman’s shoe, a compact case, a medicine vial, and a bottle of concealer that were found on Nikumaroro in the South Pacific and may have belonged to the 1930s aviator Amelia Earhart have provided more clues about her 1937 disappearance.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aviator
pilot
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But a director hired to helm a pilot, as James Burrows, who died Friday at 85, was again and again — almost as a lucky charm — helps set the tone for the series.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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This capital injection will fund the completion of an assembly facility near Portland, Oregon, and accelerate a pilot deployment in the northern Pacific Ocean later this year.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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“Aviator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviator. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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