navigation

navigation is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
2. noun. the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.
3. noun. The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
4. noun. Ships in general.
5. noun. the work of a sailor

   Synonyms: sailing, seafaring

6. noun. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

   Synonyms: pilotage, piloting

7. noun. ship traffic

   "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

Synonyms

sailing, seafaring, pilotage, piloting

Common word forms

navigations, navigational

Words from these letters

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