sea captain

noun

Definition of sea captainnext
as in commander

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Recent Examples of sea captain Set in a former sea captain’s home and originally designed by Roman and Williams, the 20-room Greydon House has become a luxury destination on Nantucket over the past decade. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 There’s also the sea captain guy. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 The John Derian shop is set in an old sea captain's house, just a hop off Commercial on Law Street. — Anne Bratskeir, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2026 Retired sea captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan spearheaded the first YMCA in the United States in 1851 in collaboration with a group of Boston churches. — USA Today, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sea captain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captain
  1. commander
  2. skipper
  3. captain
  4. skip
  5. vice admiral
  6. officer
  7. admiral
Noun
  • Larry Baimbridge spent thirty-one years with the Houston Police Department, including stints as a homicide detective and as commander of the SWAT team.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Tom Waits lends his feral baritone to a commander of a coyote military brigade.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of commander
Noun
  • The new manager in 2027 will be the franchise's sixth full-time manager since longtime skipper Mike Scioscia was fired in 2018.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But the visitors got off to a slow start after losing in-form skipper Shai Hope for just five runs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of skipper
Noun
  • Adebayo, who took over as Heat captain when Haslem retired, is also on a path that could result in a Heat jersey retirement ceremony down the road.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Manchester United's loss to Bournemouth increased the pressure on manager Michael Carrick, who dropped captain Bruno Fernandes from the starting lineup.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of captain
Noun
  • The rise of major metropolitan centers around the world, for example, brought with it Baudelaire’s flâneur just as transcontinental railroads made narrative skips in space and time more legible.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • From our room, the common spaces of the house were a quick skip down the stairs.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of skip
Noun
  • Throughout her career, the Puerto Rican physician also held the titles of vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the Commissioner of Health for the State of New York.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Mark Fox, a retired vice admiral and a former commander of the 5th Fleet, previously told Fox News Digital that Kharg is fundamentally an oil terminal rather than a military fortress.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of vice admiral
Noun
  • According to the district’s chief business officer Gerardo Castillo, Sac City Unified’s initial report included only its 2025-26 expenditures and left out spending from 2024-25.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Krieger, Anthropic’s chief product officer and an advisor at Collective[i], summed it up in a single line.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of officer
Noun
  • Fifield was wrapping up a high-profile prosecution of a retired Navy admiral who traded a government contract for a future job.
    — Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The job called for an officer with enough status to deal with admirals, generals, and prime ministers with noble titles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of admiral

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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20captain. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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