Synonyms of seafarers

seafarers

noun

plural of seafarer

as in sailors

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

ships and the intrepid seafarers who man them remain a vital part of the world economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seafarers

Whereas attacks on mariners from other countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, have been widely reported, the killing of Mexican seafarers has gone unacknowledged by the Mexican government — and largely unnoticed internationally. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Tehran has repeatedly attacked oil tankers, killing at least two seafarers and injuring more than a dozen this month. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 July 2026

India is one of the largest suppliers of merchant marine labor, with more than 300,000 seafarers globally, according to the country’s Forward Seamen’s Union. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

At least 14 seafarers have been killed and more than 40 ships attacked during the conflict. — July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2026

More than 11,000 seafarers have been stuck in the region, unable to leave out of fear of being attacked. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 June 2026

The initiative, which has taken months to conclude, will enable hundreds of ships with some 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to sail through ​Hormuz, the International Maritime Organization said on Tuesday. — Reuters, NBC news, 24 June 2026

The offices also called for navigational rights and freedoms and respect for the safety of all seafarers. — ABC News, 24 June 2026

Still today, the family-run establishment works directly with seafarers who make their living harvesting the Gulf and Bay waters. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 24 June 2026