Icarus
noun
1 Icarus
Greek mythology Son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned.
Dutch: Icarus
Polish: Ikar
Roget 269:
sailor,
mariner,
navigator;
seaman,
seafarer,
seafaring man;
dock walloper [Slang];
tar,
jack tar,
salt,
able seaman,
A. B.;
man-of-war's man,
bluejacket,
galiongee†,
galionji†,
marine,
jolly,
midshipman,
middy;
skipper;
shipman†,
boatman,
ferryman,
waterman†,
lighterman†,
bargeman,
longshoreman;
bargee†,
gondolier;
oar,
oarsman;
rower;
boatswain,
cockswain†;
coxswain;
steersman,
pilot;
crew.
aerial navigator,
aeronaut,
balloonist,
Icarus;
aeroplanist†,
airman,
aviator,
birdman,
man-bird,
wizard of the air,
aviatrix,
flier,
pilot,
test pilot,
glider pilot,
bush pilot,
navigator,
flight attendant,
steward,
stewardess,
crew;
astronaut,
cosmonaut;
parachutist,
paratrooper.
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Roget 863:
rashness
etc.
adj.;
temerity,
want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion;
overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity.
precipitancy,
precipitation;
impetuosity;
levity;
foolhardihood†,
foolhardiness;
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458;
carelessness
etc.
(neglect)
460;
desperation;
Quixotism,
knight-errantry;
fire eating.
gaming,
gambling;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark,
leap of faith,
fool's paradise;
too many eggs in one basket.
desperado,
rashling†,
madcap,
daredevil,
Hotspur,
fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
Hector,
scapegrace,
enfant perdu [Fr.];
Don Quixote,
knight-errant,
Icarus;
adventurer;
gambler,
gamester;
dynamitard†;
boomer [U.S.].
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