Thesaurus:sail

Thesaurus

sail

English

Noun

Sense: a piece of fabric causing the wind to drive a boat along

Synonyms

• sail

Hyponyms

• course
• crab claw
• driver
• extra
• fisherman
• genoa
• gennaker
• headsail
• jib
• lateen
• mainsail
• mizzen
• moonsail
• royal
• skysail
• spanker
• spinnaker
• spritsail
• staysail
• studding
• topgallant
• topsail
• trysail

Holonyms

• sailboat    [⇒ thesaurus]
• watercraft    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• batten
• bunt
• clew
• leech
• luff
• roach
• tack

See also

• W:Template:Sail Types
• W:Parts of a sail

Further reading

• “sail” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sail” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.