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sail

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sail

a journey over water in a vessel
  • We went for a brief sail on the bay to relax.
Synonyms of sail

crossing, cruise, passage, voyage

sail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sail

1 to travel on water in a vessel
  • I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily.
Synonyms of sail

boat, cruise, ferry, navigate, ship (out), voyage
Words Related to sail

canoe, kayak, yacht

coast
Phrases Synonymous with sail

make sail, take ship
2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily
  • sailed through the latest assignment
Synonyms of sail

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk
Words Related to sail

fly, race, rush, speed
Near Antonyms of sail

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

labor, toil
Antonyms of sail

flounder, struggle
3 to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
  • A leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze.
Synonyms of sail

drift, float, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, swim, waft
Words Related to sail

bob, dangle, suspend

buoy

balloon, raft
Near Antonyms of sail

dive, lunge, plunge

dip, immerse, submerge, submerse
Antonyms of sail

settle, sink

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