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 and divides as se-a-fa-ring under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.