Thesaurus results for NAVIGATOR

navigator

noun

ˈna-və-ˌgā-tər

Definition of navigator next

as in sailor

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel our crew comprised a captain, a navigator, and a few deckhands

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Recent Examples of navigator Two French Rafale fighter jets’ two-man crews — a pilot and a navigator — were seen racing in two vans to the planes’ hangars from the headquarters building the French detachment uses during its four-month deployment on the air base. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 Gael García Bernal is central to this drama as the Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish push into Southwest Asia. —

Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 Middleware companies risk becoming the next such layer — essential navigators of fragmentation that remind us the underlying architecture was never designed to work as a whole. —

Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026 Lynch takes all kinds of big swings, especially with the world-building and design—the guild navigator fish tanks, the block-y digital force fields, the inflatable Harkonens, and more. —

James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for navigator

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Noun

Well, for me, as a sailor, that’s a warning.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 May 2026
Australian professional sailor Glenn Ashby is a two-time winner of the America’s Cup with Team New Zealand.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 May 2026