admiral

noun

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

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Recent Examples of admiral In this future timeline, Jim Kirk (Paul Wesley) is now the captain, Spock (Ethan Peck) is his first officer, Pike (Anson Mount) has been promoted to admiral, and La’an (Christina Chong) is mysteriously absent for … reasons. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Since his appointment in January 2025, Hegseth has fired or blocked the promotions of more than 80 admirals and generals. — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 The navies that embraced carrier aviation did not do it by convincing admirals that airplanes were interesting. — Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Throughout this year, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been weakening the Navy’s leadership by blocking the promotion of nearly 20 admirals. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 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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  • Last month, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Its ability to perform different missions allows commanders to employ the weapon against changing threats.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of commander
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  • 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
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  • Judge, along with Michael Schuck, the club’s director of sports medicine and rehabilitation, conferred with the skipper.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Under the direction of second-year skipper Will Venable and with a letter of support from Pope Leo XIV, the White Sox advanced to face AL Central champion Cleveland in the AL Division Series beginning Saturday in Cleveland.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of skipper
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  • The village's pedestrian-only strip weaves through small shops, restaurants, and boutiques, and there's a Naval Museum housed in a 19th-century captain’s mansion that highlights the island’s maritime history—and is worth a visit.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Alex Ovechkin said Monday that his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last, beginning the farewell tour for the longtime Washington Capitals captain who holds the league's career goal-scoring record.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of captain

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