sinbad the sailor

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   in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages

   SynonymsSinbad

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about sinbad the sailor

What does sinbad the sailor mean?

sinbad the sailor means "in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages".

What is another word for sinbad the sailor?

Close synonyms include Sinbad. 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 sinbad the sailor a common word?

sinbad the sailor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.