Synonyms for navigation
ˌnæv ɪˈgeɪ ʃənnav·i·ga·tion

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1. navigation, pilotage, pilotingnoun

   the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

   Synonyms:
   seafaring, piloting, sailing, pilotage

2. navigationnoun

   ship traffic

   "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

   Synonyms:
   seafaring, piloting, sailing, pilotage

3. seafaring, navigation, sailingnoun

   the work of a sailor

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

Matched Categories

1. • Guidance
   • Transportation

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1. List of paraphrases for "navigation":

   navigational, shipping, navi, browsing, boating, waterway, navigating, sailing, radionavigation, exploration, navigator, waterways, navigate, surfing, navigazione, scan, browse, crawling, browser, trail, radio-navigation

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1. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   We are quite concerned about protecting freedom of navigation, the free flow of commerce in the South China Sea, and we're going to continue to encourage all parties, big and small, to resolve their differences diplomatically and to not try to use their comparative size and strength to intimidate their neighbors.

2. Defense Department spokesman Bill Urban:

   These excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention in that they purport to restrict the navigation rights that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise.

3. Josh Anderson:

   We are not in Martian Kansas anymore, we’re flying over the dried-up remnants of an ancient river that is filled with sand dunes, boulders, and rocks, and surrounded by hills that could have us for lunch. And while we recently upgraded the navigation software onboard to help determine safe airfields, every flight is still a white-knuckler.

4. Harry Harris:

   We will conduct more, and more complex, freedom of navigation operations as time goes on in the South China Sea, we have no intention of stopping.

5. Robert Adams:

   The navigation is a skill in itself, I think that's what makes this event so unique, you could be the fastest rider there but if your navigation isn't up to scratch you're not going to do well.