as in captain
a person in overall command of a ship
we asked the skipper how long it would be before we reached port
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Recent Examples of skipper
Keep your eyes open for Martial and Mallow scrub-hairstreaks, lyside sulphurs, malachites, and a variety of skippers fluttering among the blooms.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
And perhaps to the surprise of some, the skipper of the league's biggest financial powerhouse is willing to have restrictions imposed on his club.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Yacht skippers do this with a compass, log, chart, dividers, a straightedge, and a bit of luck, as do small plane pilots.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Robert and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, now 82, as well as the couple’s longtime skipper, Dennis Davern, were also on board at the time.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
And perhaps to the surprise of some, the skipper of the league's biggest financial powerhouse is willing to have restrictions imposed on his club.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Yacht skippers do this with a compass, log, chart, dividers, a straightedge, and a bit of luck, as do small plane pilots.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Robert and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, now 82, as well as the couple’s longtime skipper, Dennis Davern, were also on board at the time.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skipper
Noun
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But the Sabres captain has played in 48 games this season while dealing with an unimaginable situation away from the rink.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The short doesn’t record her confrontation with a flight attendant and the plane’s captain but rather bystanders’ reactions.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former Guard commander, announced the terrorism designation, which probably will be mostly symbolic.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Days later, Trump, much to the surprise of even his own advisers, responded by assassinating Iran’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani, in Iraq.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Skipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skipper. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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