navigator

English Thesaurus

1. in earlier times, a person who explored by ship (noun.person)

hypernym	:	adventurer, explorer,
definition	:	someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	juan ponce de leon, ponce de leon,
definition	:	Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	balboa, vasco nunez de balboa,
definition	:	Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	behring, bering, vitus behring, vitus bering,
definition	:	Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	cabot, giovanni cabato, john cabot,
definition	:	Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	cartier, jacques cartier,
definition	:	French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	christopher columbus, columbus, cristobal colon, cristoforo colombo,
definition	:	Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	captain cook, captain james cook, cook, james cook,
definition	:	English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	da gamma, gamma, vasco da gamma,
definition	:	Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	davis, davys, john davis, john davys,
definition	:	English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	bartholomeu dias, bartholomeu diaz, dias, diaz,
definition	:	Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	drake, francis drake, sir francis drake,
definition	:	English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	frobisher, sir martin frobisher,
definition	:	English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	gilbert, humphrey gilbert, sir humphrey gilbert,
definition	:	English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	gray, robert gray,
definition	:	American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	henry hudson, hudson,
definition	:	English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	ferdinand magellan, fernao magalhaes, magellan,
definition	:	Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	abel janszoon tasman, abel tasman, tasman,
definition	:	Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	george vancouver, vancouver,
definition	:	English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	giovanni da verrazano, giovanni da verrazzano, verrazano, verrazzano,
definition	:	Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	americus vespucius, amerigo vespucci, vespucci,
definition	:	Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512) (noun.person)

2. the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course (noun.person)

hypernym	:	aircrewman,
definition	:	a member of an aircrew (noun.person)

hyponym	:	astrogator,
definition	:	the navigator of a spacecraft (noun.person)

3. the ship's officer in charge of navigation (noun.person)

hypernym	:	officer, ship's officer,
definition	:	a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel (noun.person)

4. the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course (noun.person)

derivation	:	navigate, pilot, navigate, pilot,
definition	:	act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance (verb.motion)

derivation	:	navigate, pilot, navigate, pilot,
definition	:	act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance (verb.motion)