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
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts cannot manage with the confidence and verve in handling his pitching staff last October; a rickety bullpen can make a skipper look skittish.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Everything used to be built around England getting over the line, and the skipper was happy to exile any player who might burst the bubble.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Everything used to be built around England getting over the line, and the skipper was happy to exile any player who might burst the bubble.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skipper
Noun
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However, unlike last season, there was no sign to those within the Capitals that their captain was feeling the pressure of scoring another historic goal.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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Eddy came under fire after the op-ed published, with Angel City FC and the team's captain, center back Sarah Gorden, both denouncing the piece.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If Running Fence was a war, Jeanne-Claude was clearly the commander.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Iran has also plotted to assassinate senior US officials, especially after the killing of IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Skipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skipper. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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