sea captain

noun

Definition of sea captainnext
as in commander

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Recent Examples of sea captain The salty sea captain beard and the piercing stare, perfect for magazine covers, did not hurt. — Matthew Herper, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026 The novel by Herman Melville about a great white whale and the sea captain consumed by the beast that had bitten off his leg sold only a few hundred copies upon its release in England and America in 1851. — Dan Kelly march 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026 The Bluff stars Chopra Jonas as a former pirate captain who hung up her sword for a tranquil life until her sea captain is kidnapped by a former nemesis. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026 English sea captains, with royal patronage, had been trafficking African people to the Caribbean and the Chesapeake Bay for decades, but on an ad-hoc basis. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 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
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  • Iran’s state broadcaster published the statement by the council’s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guard.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Police find grandparents dead After the shooting, police went to the teen’s home and found both grandparents dead of apparent gunshot wounds, regional police commander Wattana Yeejeen said.
    — Tian Macleod Ji, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of commander
Noun
  • The first-year skipper said that both Hurston Waldrep and Spencer Strider will begin throwing progressions this week.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Van Hecke was seen as a natural successor to Dunk as Brighton’s skipper before moving to Tottenham.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipper
Noun
  • The captain of an allegedly unlicensed boat that capsized in New York Harbor near Liberty Island over the weekend, killing a young woman and her baby, has been charged in their deaths.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Tougher tests lie ahead for Vuskovic than a comfortable 45-minute introduction in the first half against Roma before making way for 34-year-old captain Lewis Dunk.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of captain
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  • Basic is the free tier that offers 128Kbps audio, a six-song skip limit, and core listening options.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Some coding tools call these auto-run, skip-permissions or unrestricted modes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of skip
Noun
  • 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
  • The surgeon general's rank is three-star vice admiral.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 May 2026
Definition of vice admiral
Noun
  • Members of the Montreal City Police Department found the weapon, a Glock 26, on August 30, 2024, when officers raided a home in relation to a kidnapping investigation, court records show.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Banks hired more loan officers, credit analysts, personal bankers, and fraud and risk specialists.
    — Adam Schickling, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of officer
Noun
  • However, many say graft has only worsened under the aegis of generals and admirals.
    — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Captain is a senior Navy rank, equivalent to full-bird colonel in the Army, but Maverick’s contemporary Iceman, in contrast, had progressed to four-star admiral and the head of Pacific Fleet, one of the Navy’s biggest jobs.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 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 13 Aug. 2026.

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