All navigation synonyms
nav·i·ga·tion
N n noun navigation
- shipping — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
- boating — Boating is travelling on a lake or river in a small boat for pleasure.
- voyage — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- flying — making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- seamanship — knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.
- sailing — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- yachting — a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- steerage — a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
- piloting — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- celestial navigation — navigation by observation of the positions of the stars
- triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
- exploration — The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- navigating — navigation
- voyaging — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.