Synonyms of mariners

mariners

noun

plural of mariner

as in sailors

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

the ancient Phoenicians were outstanding mariners who explored and colonized much of the eastern Mediterranean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailors
• navigators
• seamen
• seafarers
• shipmen
• salts
• hearties
• tars
• sea dogs
• swabs
• swabbies
• gobs
• crewmen
• shipmates
• deckhands
• jack-tars
• coxswains
• jacks
• lubbers
• able seamen
• powerboaters
• sailboaters
• limeys
• able-bodied seamen
• lime-juicers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mariners

At one point, up to 20,000 mariners and 2,000 ships were stuck in the Gulf, with only a few vessels squeezing through the strait each day. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

With dozens killed in recent strikes and thousands of mariners stranded on vulnerable vessels, mediation efforts show little progress. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Passed in 1920, the Jones Act requires that all shipments by water within the United States, including by ocean, be made on ships that are built in America, owned by American companies, and crewed by American mariners. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Centcom said the operation was intended to further diminish Tehran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz. — Joseph Wilkins,sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 July 2026

On a previous voyage, the captain—who is in his late fifties, with a young wife and child—pursued the gigantic, unnaturally white sperm whale known to mariners as Moby Dick. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

To protect these specialized mariners, pilot boats evolved into highly stable, heavy-duty vessels. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026

Shortly after the vessel was struck, the United Nations' International Maritime Organization paused an effort to evacuate hundreds of ships and thousands of mariners who were stranded in the Persian Gulf. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Dow also said the safest way to make it out of a channel is to follow the markers, which experienced mariners know to look for. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026