seafaring

1. 1.

   used on the high seas

   “seafaring vessels”

   Synonymsoceangoingseagoing

   Similarmarine

Other forms of seafaring

plural

seafarings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seafaring

What does seafaring mean?

seafaring means "the work of a sailor". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seafaring?

seafaring has 4 syllables: se-a-fa-ring. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for seafaring?

Close synonyms include navigation, sailing, water travel, oceangoing, seagoing. 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 seafaring a common word?

seafaring is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.