Synonyms of piloting

piloting 1 of 2

noun

as in steering

Related Words

• steering
• management
• running
• leadership
• shepherding
• monitoring
• control
• administration
• governance
• observation
• policing
• direction
• lead
• observing
• government
• surveillance
• supervision
• guidance
• stewardship
• regulation
• generalship
• care
• observance
• oversight
• superintendence
• guardianship
• protection
• rule
• reign
• tutelage
• charge
• superintendency
• auspices
• trusteeship
• headship
• aegis

piloting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pilot

1

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed

piloted the figure skater through the national championships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guiding
• coaching
• showing
• teaching
• steering
• shepherding
• accompanying
• leading
• mentoring
• tutoring
• escorting
• informing
• training
• counseling
• walking through
• supervising
• engineering
• convoying
• attending
• overseeing
• directing
• drilling
• seeing
• swaying
• instructing
• superintending
• schooling
• briefing
• chaperoning
• squiring
• godfathering
• fostering
• inculcating
• cultivating
• indoctrinating
• enlightening
• nurturing

2

as in conducting

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front

the lead rider piloted the rest of the team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steering
• guiding
• conducting
• leading
• accompanying
• showing
• directing
• escorting
• ushering
• routing
• marshaling
• preceding
• managing
• attending
• controlling
• convoying
• seeing
• chaperoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trailing
• following
• tailing
• shadowing
• dogging
• hounding
• tailgating

3

as in navigating

to operate or control the course of

managed to pilot the plane to safety despite the failure of the left engine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steering
• navigating
• hijacking
• conning
• helming
• commandeering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of piloting

Noun

It is authorized by the FAA for beyond-line-of-sight piloting. — Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2026

Each of SkyFall’s Shrike drones equipped with such capability costs about $2,000, compared to the $400 Ukrainian drones that rely only on manual piloting, Meier wrote in a blog post. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

Human-swarm teaming attempts to solve that problem by shifting operators from direct piloting toward higher-level mission management. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Naming the stage clearly (awareness, exploration, active piloting, scaling) prevents organizations from overstating progress and misallocating resources. — Penta Rao Marapatla, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Each Artemis 3 astronaut comes from a unique background, with expertise that will contribute to the mission's success, and an array of experiences in aerospace engineering, piloting, EVAs and spacecraft development. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 June 2026

Many of the normal tasks of piloting are instead being handled by artificial intelligence. — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 24 May 2026

At the end of the day, the crew will try out Orion’s manual piloting capability by steering the spacecraft through a variety of tasks. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026

Give Charlotte credit for a forward-thinking move rather than auto-piloting into his next contract, but the short-term consequence is that there are no qualified starting centers here. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

Verb

Six months of war and AI fever have added urgency to the rollout of Genesis, an operating system AIQ is piloting to pitch to energy companies. — semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The signing follows Glover in spring 2026 piloting NASA’s Artemis II mission, and becoming the first Black astronaut to fly around the moon. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

In a Queens apartment building, New York is piloting new room heat pumps that can be easily installed without expensive upgrades to make electrification accessible. — Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

In addition to piloting, Marciniw was a flight instructor and, according to NBC4, had more than 30 years of flight experience. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Mario Lamar, 80, was piloting the aircraft with his wife, Lili Lamar, 79, granddaughter, Sofia Sosa, 28, and grandson Christian Sosa, 22, aboard when the plane went down. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Using LLMs to smooth out the challenges of wrestling with a text, of struggling to find the right words to convey a thought, of piloting one’s own personal and intellectual development, is antithetical to this type of education. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

The Department of Defense is piloting a new tech contracting model, where companies can work at automating department processes and earn a percentage of the savings. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2026

OpenAI launched an enterprise product in August 2023 and much of the Fortune 500 were piloting and experimenting with the platform features by that fall and winter. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026