admiral

noun

Definition of admiralnext
as in commander
a high-ranking officer in the navy

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Recent Examples of admiral James Stavridis, a retired US Navy admiral who had sailed through the Strait of Hormuz many times, agreed. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026 Village People singer dies at 74 Willis was known for often performing with Village People in costume as a Navy admiral or police officer. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 July 2026 For the admiral, this has always been a revenge mission against the Sea Snake, the man who has ruled the Narrow and Summer Seas for far too long, killing her friends along the way. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026 The Front Page Highlights A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy’s worst messes. — Kate Kelly Vincent Alban Paulina Villegas Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for admiral
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admiral
  1. commander
  2. commodore
  3. skipper
  4. captain
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  • Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Rezaei was a senior commander during the war with Iraq in the 1980s — a foundational moment in the creation of the Islamic Republic.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of commander
Noun
  • The coast guard command will be led by a commodore and backed up by an unspecified number of personnel, patrol ships and aircraft for law enforcement, monitoring, environmental protection and search and rescue.
    — Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In 2019, club members suspected Stellato of $20,000 worth of embezzlement and relieved him of his rear commodore position, according to court records.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of commodore
Noun
  • Dan Burn has been named as Guimaraes’ successor as skipper and Joelinton will be vice-captain, yet figures who take responsibility in the engine room in the manner Guimaraes did are required.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Replay showed the skipper taking mild exception to a low, first-pitch strike call on García with two out, but Carapazza, following a handful of ABS challenges earlier in the game, gave Boone a quick hook nonetheless.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipper
Noun
  • Sunday’s tragedy comes just days after a Florida Keys charter fishing boat captain was hospitalized after being hit by a lightning bolt on Florida Bay.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Reed especially faces little resistance until the big showdown against the captain, during which that denim jacket finally gets a stain.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of captain

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