navigate

1 to operate or control the course of the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo Synonyms conn (also con), helm, pilot, steer Related Words commandeer, hijack (also highjack)

2 to travel on water in a vessel the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal Synonyms boat, cruise, ferry, sail, ship (out), voyageRelated Words canoe, kayak, yacht; coast

3 to make one's way through, across, or over it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it Synonyms course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, traverse, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travelRelated Words hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk; ride, run; crisscross