captain

captain is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A head, or chief officer. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A head, or chief officer
2. noun. The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
3. noun. An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
4. noun. By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
5. noun. The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
6. noun. One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
7. noun. The foreman of a body of workmen.
8. noun. A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
9. noun. A military leader; a warrior.
10. transitive verb. To act as captain of; to lead.
11. adjective. Chief; superior.
12. noun. a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

    Synonyms: headwaiter

13. noun. the pilot in charge of an airship
14. noun. the naval officer in command of a military ship

    Synonyms: skipper

15. noun. a policeman in charge of a precinct
16. noun. an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
17. noun. the leader of a group of people

    "a captain of industry"

    Synonyms: chieftain

18. noun. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

    Synonyms: master, skipper

19. verb. be the captain of a sports team

Synonyms

headwaiter, skipper, chieftain, master

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in captain:

capitan, panctia

Common word forms

captains, captained, captainly, captaining

Words from these letters

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