Thesaurus: pilot

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
2. n. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
3. n. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
4. n. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5. n. The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
6. v. t. To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
7. v. t. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.
8. n. someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
9. n. a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
10. n. a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
11. n. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
12. n. small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner