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pilot

noun

1 pilot

Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.

synonym: airplane pilot.

Roget 527: information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge etc. 490; publicity etc. 531; data etc. 467.    communication, ... show more

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, ... show more

Roget 694: director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller.    superintendent, supervisor, straw boss; intendant; overseer, overlooker; supercargo, husband, inspector, ... show more

Polish: pilot

2 pilot

A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.

Dutch: pilot, loods, piloot
Polish: pilot

3 pilot

A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors.

synonyms: pilot film, pilot program.

Polish: pilot

4 pilot

Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.

synonyms: archetype, original.

Dutch: prototype, archetype, glasfiber, grondvorm, oerbeeld, oervorm, type

5 pilot

Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner.

synonyms: pilot burner, pilot light.

Dutch: waakvlam

6 pilot

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.

synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, fender.

Dutch: loods

verb

1 pilot

Operate an airplane:
— The pilot flew to Cuba.

synonyms: aviate, fly.

Roget 693: direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, ... show more

Dutch: vliegen

2 pilot

Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.

synonym: navigate.

Dutch: navigeren


Moby thesaurus: Gyropilot, aegis, aerialist, aeronaut, aeroplaner, aeroplanist, agent, air pilot, airman, airplanist, arm guard, astronaut, auto, automatic pilot, aviator, backstop, barnstorm, barnstormer, be responsible for, bellwether ... show more.

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