nautical

1. 1.

   relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

   “nautical charts”

   “maritime law”

   “marine insurance”

   Synonymsmaritimemarine

Questions about nautical

What does nautical mean?

nautical means "relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen".

How many syllables are in nautical?

nautical has 3 syllables: nau-ti-cal. The stress falls on "nau". In IPA it is /ˈnɔtəkəl/.

What is another word for nautical?

Close synonyms include maritime, marine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nautical a common word?

nautical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.