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Main Entry: sailor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who travels by sea

Synonyms:

able-bodied sailor, bluejacket, boater, cadet, circumnavigator, deck hand, diver, hearty*, jack, lascar, marine, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, navigator, old salt, pilot, pirate, salt, sea dog, sea person, seafarer, shellback, shipmate, swab, swabber, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, water dog, windjammer, yachter
Main Entry: veteran
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person with much experience; particularly in war

Synonyms:

GI, expert, old guard, old hand, old pro, old salt, old soldier, old-timer, pro, shellback, sourdough, trouper, vet, warhorse

Antonyms:

rookie
Main Entry: sea dog
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: experienced sailor

Synonyms:

barnacle-back, mariner, master mariner, old salt, old sea dog, sailor, seafarer, shellback
Main Entry: jack
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sailor

Synonyms:

able-bodied sailor, bluejacket, boater, cadet, circumnavigator, deck hand, diver, hearty*, jack-tar, lascar, marine, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, navigator, old salt, pilot, pirate, salt, sea dog, sea person, seafarer, seaman, shellback, shipmate, swab, swabber, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, water dog, windjammer, yachter
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Veteran.
Category: 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession

Synonyms:

-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].

Antonyms:

infant
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