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. Eric Weinmann:

   I had very high hopes when I joined Wag. I really thought the company was going somewhere. It became apparent that the ship was sailing back to port.

2. Eric Monnin:

   For a long time, I've been watching the extraordinary performance of foiling sailing boats... but it is still an evolving area, and I've always found that there is something missing.

3. Blair Tuke:

   We should be on the water in the next few weeks with the America's Cup, the next six months are just about the America's Cup sailing and the world champs in Auckland, which will be a pretty cool event.

4. John Updike:

   Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

5. Bonnie Byhre:

   He often comes down to the boat – just goes sailing. So I wasn’t worried except when he didn't come home for Valentine’s. I got flowers for Valentine’s, but he wasn’t there.