Synonyms for sailing
ˈseɪ lɪŋsail·ing

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1. seafaring, navigation, sailingnoun

   the work of a sailor

   Synonyms:
   seafaring, water travel, navigation, gliding, soaring, pilotage, glide, piloting, sailplaning

2. sailingnoun

   riding in a sailboat

   Synonyms:
   seafaring, sailplaning, soaring, glide, gliding, navigation

3. sailingnoun

   the departure of a vessel from a port

   Synonyms:
   seafaring, sailplaning, soaring, glide, gliding, navigation

4. glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailingnoun

   the activity of flying a glider

   Synonyms:
   seafaring, semivowel, navigation, gliding, glide, soaring, slide, coast, sailplaning

Matched Categories

1. • Departure
   • Employment
   • Flight
   • Water Travel

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1. sailingnoun

   Synonyms:
   navigation, circumnavigation (sailing round), orthodromics, orthodromy

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1. List of paraphrases for "sailing":

   sail, veil, navigation, navigating, nautical, sailboat, nautiques, vela, yachting, yacht, navigational, fogging, navigate, headscarf, windsurfing

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1. Tracy Chavous:

   I started out wanting to sail and then I saw there was a sailboat that took you whale watching, that was awesome. And then there was a guarantee of seeing the whales. It was traditional and we wanted to see people sailing. That's what we got.

2. Neil Roberts:

   Unless it is there would be no prospect of premiums rising, the shallow waters and numerous reefs in the Spratly island region means that commercial shipping is unlikely to be sailing within the territorial waters of any of the islands.

3. Laziza Lambert:

   Cruisers love to cruise, and they will go where the ships are sailing.

4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

   Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage.

5. Martine Grael:

   We're focused on not making sailing mistakes, this is one of the toughest venues in the world.