sail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SAIL

to travel on water in a vessel <I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily>

Synonyms boat, cruise, ferry, navigate, ship (out), voyage

Related Words canoe, kayak, yacht; coast

Phrases make sail, take ship

to move or proceed smoothly and readily <sailed through the latest assignment>

Synonyms bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk

Related Words fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge; shamble, shuffle; stamp, stomp, stump, tramp; labor, toil

Antonyms flounder, struggle

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air <a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze>

Synonyms drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft

Related Words bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raft

Near Antonyms dive, lunge, plunge; dip, immerse, submerge, submerse

Antonyms settle, sink

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