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
As Powell — one of Capitol Hill’s most adroit navigators — made his rounds, Republicans on both sides of the Capitol panned the investigation.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
The program includes support from an interdisciplinary team that includes doctors with dementia experience and care navigators.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
As time-telling became more precise, ship navigators needed a standardized way to set their chronometers.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Get help from a health insurance navigator Navigator programs were created under the Affordable Care Act, to provide free, impartial help signing up for health insurance.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
The program includes support from an interdisciplinary team that includes doctors with dementia experience and care navigators.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
As time-telling became more precise, ship navigators needed a standardized way to set their chronometers.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Get help from a health insurance navigator Navigator programs were created under the Affordable Care Act, to provide free, impartial help signing up for health insurance.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigator
Noun
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But Pietrek shows that quite a bit of thought and quality control went into the blend—which was, after all, considered part of the sailors’ pay.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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All of the cockfighters, lottery participants, and sailors throwing scrimshaw dice had to work around the ethical code imposed by Quakers, Shakers, and Puritans who vehemently opposed these games of chance.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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Last week’s whale sightings by the Aquarium led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a voluntary slow speed zone called a Dynamic Management Area (DMA) for mariners to reduce their speed to 10 knots to protect the whales.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wander the gear aisles where gadgets promise to turn anyone into a better mariner, chef, parent and human being.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Navigator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigator. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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