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

Bulgarians voted against a backdrop of growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping, which have left several sailors dead or missing. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

The sailors were brought to the island’s southern port of Galle on Saturday after Sri Lankan authorities received a distress call seeking medical help, said Thushara Rodrigo, the foreign ministry spokesperson. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Buried under the rubble were 241 American service members, including 220 Marines, 18 Navy sailors and three Army soldiers. — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

When rescuers finally arrived, only 316 of those sailors were pulled from the water alive. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Nearly two dozen sailors from many countries were either killed or are missing. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026

Researchers said the presence of this amphora may mean that sailors took goats with them on their voyages, using their milk to make dairy products. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

A week ago nine Syrian sailors and one Egyptian were lost at sea from a ship that sank when hit by drones in Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026