sailed

The word “sailed” has 1 syllable: sailed

It's pronounced as /seɪld/


What is synonym and antonym for sailed?

In the thesaurus, “sailed” has 28 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sailed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sailed

  • boated
  • cross
  • cruise
  • cruised
  • drift
  • drifted
  • ferried
  • float
  • floated
  • flowed
  • fly
  • glided
  • hanged
  • hovered
  • leave
  • move
  • navigate
  • navigated
  • reach
  • run
  • shoot
  • skim
  • soar
  • steer
  • swam
  • sweep
  • swept
  • voyaged

Antonyms for sailed

  • floundered
  • go
  • land
  • limped
  • plunged
  • remain
  • sank
  • settled
  • stay
  • stop
  • struggled
  • stumbled
  • sunk
  • trudged
  • walk

Meanings of sailed

  • verb
    1. 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.
    2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
    3. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
    4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
    5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
    6. To move briskly.
  • adjective
    1. Having a specified kind or number of sail.
    2. Having the sails set.

Example Sentences

  • The ship sailed across the vast ocean, its sails billowing in the wind.
  • After months of preparation, they sailed off on their around-the-world voyage.
  • The paper airplane sailed gracefully through the air before landing on the teacher's desk.
  • With determination in his heart, he sailed through the challenging course and emerged victorious.
  • As the sun set, the colorful kites sailed high above the beach, painting the sky with vibrant hues.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sailed, such as: boated, cross, cruise, cruised, drift, drifted, ferried.

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  • assailed
  • assaulted
  • attacked
  • boxed
  • chopped
  • clobbered
  • clouted
  • cuffed
  • flagellated
  • hit
  • horsewhipped
  • knocked
  • laid on
  • leathered
  • pasted
  • pistol-whipped
  • punched
  • raided
  • scourged
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • smacked
  • smashed
  • socked
  • spanked
  • strapped
  • swatted
  • whacked

had at

  • allege
  • approached
  • argue
  • assert
  • attacked
  • bash
  • berate
  • blast
  • challenge
  • charge
  • claim
  • confront
  • contend
  • contest
  • contradict
  • cope
  • criticize
  • defend
  • deny
  • discuss
  • disprove
  • dispute
  • doubt
  • focus on
  • give
  • go after
  • grapple
  • impugn
  • insist
  • lambaste
  • maintain
  • meet
  • oppose
  • pitched into
  • push for
  • quarrel
  • rebut
  • refute
  • resist
  • revile
  • sailed into
  • say
  • tackled
  • tell
  • tore into
  • trash
  • try
  • undertook
  • urge
  • vie
  • vilify
  • went at
  • wrangle

kilted

mafficked

  • capered
  • caroused
  • cavorted
  • frisked
  • gambolled
  • reveled
  • revelled
  • roared
  • roughhoused
  • wassailed

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