sail
The word “sail” has 1 syllable: sail
It's pronounced as /seɪl/
What is synonym and antonym for sail?
In the thesaurus, “sail” has 69 synonyms and 30 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for sail along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for sail
- balloon
- boat
- bob
- bowl
- breeze
- brush
- buoy
- canoe
- captain
- cast anchor
- cast off
- coast
- cross
- crossing
- cruise
- dangle
- dart
- drift
- embark
- ferry
- flit
- float
- flow
- fly
- get under way
- glide
- hang
- hover
- kayak
- leave
- make headway
- make sail
- motor
- move
- navigate
- passage
- pilot
- poise
- put to sea
- race
- raft
- reach
- ride
- roll
- run
- rush
- scud
- set sail
- shoot
- skim
- skipper
- skirr
- slide
- slip
- soar
- speed
- steer
- stream
- suspend
- sweep
- swim
- tack
- take ship
- voyage
- waft
- weigh anchor
- whisk
- wing
- yacht
Antonyms for sail
- dip
- dive
- flounder
- go
- immerse
- labor
- land
- limp
- lumber
- lunge
- plod
- plunge
- remain
- settle
- shamble
- shuffle
- sink
- stamp
- stay
- stomp
- stop
- struggle
- stumble
- stump
- submerge
- submerse
- toil
- tramp
- trudge
- walk
Meanings of sail
- noun
- A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- The blade of a windmill.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- A sailfish.
- An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- verb
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To move briskly.
Example Sentences
- The boat is ready to sail across the open sea.
- As the wind picked up, the ship's sail billowed in the breeze.
- We plan to sail to distant islands during our vacation.
- The captain shouted commands as the crew prepared to sail.
- With a sturdy vessel, they set out to sail around the world.
On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sail, such as: balloon, boat, bob, bowl, breeze, brush, buoy.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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able-bodied seaman
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able-bodied seamen
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- pushing around
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- quinine
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- rebuke
- reprimand
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- revile
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- ride
- rip up
- rough up
- roughhouse
- ruin
- run down
- sail into
- sandbag
- savage
- scathe
- scold
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- shake up
- signify
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- sin
- skin
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