sail | Definition of sail

sail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sail

1 to travel on water in a vessel

I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily

Synonyms of sail

boat, cruise, ferry, navigate, ship (out), voyage

Words Related to sail

canoe, kayak, yacht

Phrases Synonymous with sail

make sail, take ship

2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily

sailed through the latest assignment

Synonyms of sail

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk

Words Related to sail

fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms of sail

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

Antonyms of sail

flounder, struggle

3 to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze

Synonyms of sail

drift, float, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, swim, waft

Words Related to sail

bob, dangle, suspend

Near Antonyms of sail

dive, lunge, plunge

dip, immerse, submerge, submerse

Antonyms of sail