PILOTED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

piloted

verb

Definition of piloted

past tense of pilot

as in guided

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed piloted the figure skater through the national championships

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as in steered

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front the lead rider piloted the rest of the team

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as in navigated

to operate or control the course of managed to pilot the plane to safety despite the failure of the left engine

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Recent Examples of piloted The company already piloted similar supplier data workflows through a collaboration with Microsoft, one of its backers alongside the Ford Foundation, Hamilton Lane and S&P Global. — Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026 Near the end of the demo, one of us piloted a ship while the other used a turret to shoot enemies and space debris. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026 The organization originally piloted MAKE Cafe in July 2021 as an outdoor pop-up cafe in North Park. — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 America, the world’s oldest, continuous, modern democracy, will soon celebrate its 250th birthday—mired in conflict and piloted by a belligerent and mercurial nationalist. — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026 Just witness the number of e-motos like the Surron Bee models in your neighborhood, typically piloted by riders far below the legal age to drive. — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Guéhennec says that every major AI use case is initially piloted at around five to ten sites in a couple of the 43 countries that Sodexo serves. — John Kell, Fortune, 1 July 2026 Between late 2025 and June 2026, Less piloted the X-59 during 10 flights while Larson took the controls for nine flights. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 One of the increasingly concerning threats is drones, which can be piloted remotely and are difficult to disable. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piloted

Verb

These changes were guided by a legal doctrine known as cy pres, which requires that any changes to a foundation’s mission have to adhere as closely as possible to the donor’s original intent.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Management also has guided for high single-digit growth in bioprocessing this year.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of guided

Verb

As the nation steered into wartime and beyond, innumerable new companies would spring up and tailor their own version of the good word.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Related Stories The Wonderloom launch was steered by Content Partners’ executive VP Scott Hemming and partner Alphonse Lordo.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 July 2026

Definition of steered

Verb

For Scott, who coached for nearly 25 years before moving to the insurance biz, Webb was the latter some 13-14 years ago, a man — mentally, emotionally, physically — among boys.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 July 2026
Jeff Caglianone coached Jac through the years, starting with games of catch in the backyard and continuing through high school.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Definition of coached

Verb

The surveillance program remains active, and mosquito control operations are being conducted in areas the virus activity has been detected.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
The first and most important thing to remember is that both people — but especially Bellingham — will have conducted their post-match duties in a state of physical and emotional exhaustion.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of conducted

Verb

Improved compliance across much of the fishing fleet has been accompanied by increasingly sophisticated attempts by a smaller group of offenders to avoid detection.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
The premiere of the ten-episode season kicks off with Hawkins, late for his tee time at a lesser golf tournament, barreling into the country-club parking lot in his tour bus, accompanied by his trusty caddie, Old Henry (Keith David).

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

The last group is led by board president Heather Fargo, who served as mayor of Sacramento from 2000-2008.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
This association with high status, as well as a rudimentary analysis of the size of the bones, led archaeologists to conclude that the burial belonged to a man.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of led

Verb

In January, the brothers made headlines when a viral video showed the pair partying with influencers Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, Sneako, Myron Gaines and Justin Waller.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
FlightAware showed the Gulfstream originally was scheduled to fly from New Jersey to Miami in time for the third-place match between England and France but never took off.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

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