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
And learn to map the tides, the winds, the sea swells, as the navigators do?
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Halley remains a valuable navigator of the overall sales market and how to devise enticing offers to potential advertisers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Some companies provide access to a caregiving navigator who can guide you through the health care maze.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
They are also considered expert navigators and have returned to some of the same grasslands for thousands of years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Halley remains a valuable navigator of the overall sales market and how to devise enticing offers to potential advertisers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Some companies provide access to a caregiving navigator who can guide you through the health care maze.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
They are also considered expert navigators and have returned to some of the same grasslands for thousands of years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for navigator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigator
Noun
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The song is now cherished by the families of sailors who died.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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There were fitness tests twice a year, and Williams was focused on making sure her fellow sailors passed them.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The only real-time observations available to the mariner were shore and ship reports.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Navigator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigator. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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