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Synonyms for captain
ˈkæp tən, -tɪncap·tain
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Wiktionary
captainnoun
captainnoun
Synonyms:
pilot in command, pilotcaptainnoun
captainnoun
The leader of a group of workers.
John Henry said to the captain, A man ain't nothing but a man.
Synonyms:
straw boss, foreman, supervisor
Princeton's WordNet
captainnoun
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
Synonyms:
maitre d'hotel, police captain, police chief, sea captain, maitre d', headwaiter, chieftain, master, skipper, senior pilotcaptain, skippernoun
the naval officer in command of a military ship
Synonyms:
maitre d'hotel, police captain, police chief, sea captain, maitre d', headwaiter, chieftain, master, skipper, senior pilotcaptain, police captain, police chiefnoun
a policeman in charge of a precinct
Synonyms:
maitre d'hotel, police captain, police chief, sea captain, maitre d', headwaiter, chieftain, master, skipper, senior pilotmaster, captain, sea captain, skippernoun
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Synonyms:
professional, police captain, master key, maitre d', master copy, police chief, chieftain, schoolmaster, original, passkey, maitre d'hotel, maestro, headwaiter, superior, victor, senior pilot, master, overlord, passe-partout, sea captain, headmaster, lord, skippercaptain, chieftainnoun
the leader of a group of people
"a captain of industry"
Synonyms:
maitre d'hotel, chief, police captain, police chief, sea captain, maitre d', headwaiter, tribal chief, chieftain, master, headman, skipper, senior pilotcaptain, senior pilotnoun
the pilot in charge of an airship
Synonyms:
maitre d'hotel, police captain, police chief, sea captain, maitre d', headwaiter, chieftain, master, skipper, senior pilotcaptain, headwaiter, maitre d'hotel, maitre d'verb
a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Synonyms:
maitre d'hotel, police captain, police chief, sea captain, maitre d', headwaiter, chieftain, master, skipper, senior pilotcaptainverb
be the captain of a sports team
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#635 | professional | |
#691 | original | |
#1314 | master | |
#1731 | lord | |
#1793 | chief | |
#3447 | pilot | |
#3642 | sir | |
#3734 | superior | |
#4088 | captain | |
#5358 | supervisor | |
#6145 | commander | |
#6445 | victor | |
#18419 | foreman | |
#18721 | maestro | |
#19110 | cpt | |
#20025 | captains | |
#20914 | skipper | |
#26197 | capt | |
#40521 | headmaster | |
#42065 | commandant | |
#42380 | chieftain | |
#44084 | overlord | |
#53906 | capitan | |
#74685 | schoolmaster | |
#113809 | headman | |
#114165 | coxswain | |
#135093 | passkey | |
#137718 | capitaine | |
#175322 | kapitan |
How to use captain in a sentence?
We’ve confirmed flight 577 departing Nashville (BNA) experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff, the Captain in command safely returned the flight to BNA. The aircraft will be taken out of service for maintenance review. Our local Nashville Employees are working diligently to accommodate those passengers on to their destination.
While the vast majority of Correction Officers perform their duties with the highest level of integrity, my decision to terminate the Captain and Officers in this case made clear that there is zero tolerance for mistreatment of inmates at DOC.
The surgeon is the captain of the ship.
Having played the role of Captain Kirk ... assigns me the knowledge that a futuristic astronaut would have, but I’ve always been consumed with curiosity.
Sony is like a ship that has set sail in the stormy weather of the electronics business, led by a captain who's using a flawed nautical map, he doesn't have the sensibility or intellect to notice it's wrong. Do board members, who should be in a position to supervise the captain, not notice? Are they tolerating it, not willing to point it out?
Translations for captain
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- قبطان, نقيب, قائد المنتخب, طيارArabic
- командвам, водя, капитанBulgarian
- capitàCatalan, Valencian
- kapitán, námořní kapitánCzech
- Kapitän, Kapitän zur See, Hauptmann, Mannschaftskapitän, Stabshauptmann, FlugkapitänGerman
- κυβερνώ, ηγούμαι, καπετάνιος, αρχηγός, σμηναγός, κυβερνήτης, πλοίαρχος, λοχαγόςGreek
- kapitanoEsperanto
- capitanear, capitánSpanish
- کاپیتانPersian
- kapteeni, kommodori, lentokapteeniFinnish
- capitaineFrench
- caiptean, sgiobairScottish Gaelic
- capitánGalician
- סרןHebrew
- kapitány, százados, csapatkapitányHungarian
- ավագArmenian
- kaptenIndonesian
- flugstjóriIcelandic
- capitanoItalian
- 機長, 船長, 大佐, 大尉, キャプテンJapanese
- 대위, 선장, 船長Korean
- kāpeneMāori
- കപ്പിത്താന്Malayalam
- kaptenMalay
- kommandør, kapteinNorwegian
- kapitein, aanvoerderDutch
- kaptein, kommandørNorwegian Nynorsk
- capitaniOccitan
- dowodzić, kapitanPolish
- capitã, capitãoPortuguese
- căpitanRomanian
- капитанRussian
- satnik, satnicaSerbo-Croatian
- kapitánSlovak
- kapétanka, kapétan, stotnik, stotnicaSlovene
- kaptenSwedish
- nahodha, amrisha, unahodhaSwahili
- กัปตันThai
- kapitanTagalog
- YüzbaşıTurkish
- đội trưởngVietnamese
- 隊長Chinese
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