Synonyms of sailors

sailors

noun

plural of sailor

as in mariners

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mariners
• navigators
• seamen
• seafarers
• salts
• shipmen
• hearties
• tars
• swabbies
• swabs
• sea dogs
• crewmen
• gobs
• shipmates
• deckhands
• jacks
• jack-tars
• coxswains
• lubbers
• able seamen
• powerboaters
• sailboaters
• limeys
• able-bodied seamen
• lime-juicers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sailors

Allowing coaches to help sailors from outside the boat breaks a fundamental rule of sailing. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

North Korean state media photos showed the girl dressed in a white dress and blazer walking alongside her father on a red carpet, touring the warship and posing with sailors together. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

For all its sailors’ dives and dockworker canteens, Hamburg is also a place of vast wealth, and of the material beauty that its shipping has built. — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026

The missile killed four sailors and damaged the ship’s equipment, but the crew contained the damage and the Hanit limped home. — Holmes Liao, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

After nine months at sea, the sailors and Marines of the USS Abraham Lincoln are trading their cargo pants and boots for shorts and flip-flops. — Sam Winslade, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Thai officials pitch the stop as rest and recovery and an economic boost for Pattaya, while families like New Jersey mom Shakeira Fairfax finally reunite with sailors after months of anxiety. — Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026