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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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
The Hobey Baker Award, named after a legendary Princeton hockey player and aviator killed in World War I, was created by the now-defunct Decathlon Athletic Club in Bloomington in 1981 and first awarded to Gophers forward Neal Broten.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
With aviators on, hair thickly gelled and a crisp white uniform, Iceman is a smooth-talking pilot with skills to match.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Judge Settle also called out the Trump administration for seemingly disregarding the service history of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, such as the Commander Emily Shilling, a naval aviator with 19 years of service who flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
The Hobey Baker Award, named after a legendary Princeton hockey player and aviator killed in World War I, was created by the now-defunct Decathlon Athletic Club in Bloomington in 1981 and first awarded to Gophers forward Neal Broten.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
With aviators on, hair thickly gelled and a crisp white uniform, Iceman is a smooth-talking pilot with skills to match.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Judge Settle also called out the Trump administration for seemingly disregarding the service history of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, such as the Commander Emily Shilling, a naval aviator with 19 years of service who flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aviator
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Furthermore, Gambon was a licensed pilot and a car aficionado who appeared on the iconic BBC series Top Gear.—
Julia Emmanuele,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Warning notices advising pilots and mariners to steer clear of the test area indicated the missile and its hypersonic glide vehicle were supposed to splash down in the mid-Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles north and northeast of Puerto Rico.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Aviator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviator. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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