sailing

sailing is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Sail. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 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 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Sail
2. noun. The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
3. noun. The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.
4. noun. the departure of a vessel from a port
5. noun. the activity of flying a glider

   Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring

6. noun. riding in a sailboat
7. noun. the work of a sailor

   Synonyms: navigation, seafaring

Synonyms

glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, navigation, seafaring

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sailing:

aisling, liasing, nilgais

Common word forms

sail, sailings, sailingly

Words from these letters

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