Antonyms for navigate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nav-i-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt


Definition of navigate

Origin :
  • 1580s, a back-formation from navigation, or else from Latin navigatus, past participle of navigare. Extended to balloons (1784) and later to aircraft (1901). Related: Navigated; navigating.
  • verb guide along route, often over water
Example sentences :
  • I ain't so much of a wreck yet but that I can navigate Boston without a pilot.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was a misty, black night, and Trumet sidewalks were uneven and hard to navigate.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Will you pledge me your honour, if I release you upon parole, that you will navigate us thither?
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • These are difficult seas to navigate, though they may not seem so.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • But how are you going to navigate this craft home with three men?
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • We tried to build rafts, but we were too weak to navigate them.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • He could navigate his vessel along the coast almost blindfold.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • We had lost our boathook, and had nothing whatever to navigate our craft with.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Do you think it's safe for us to try to navigate that shaft in the dark?
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • Taggi had been knocked out, but now he was able to navigate again.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton

Synonyms for navigate

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