CAPTAINS Synonyms

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

• the body of people who lead a group

• United States poet (1869-1950)

• the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral

• any of several brightly colored butterflies

• a person who is in charge

• a person who exercises control over workers

• the head of a tribe or clan

• most important element

• the leader of a group of people

• the head of a tribe or clan

• an officer in command of a military unit

• someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others

• a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

• an officer in the airforce

• a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

• the head of a state government

• a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

• the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

• a single domestic animal

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

• a person who is in charge

• the front of a military formation or procession

• the pressure exerted by a fluid

• the top of something

• the source of water from which a stream arises

• (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

• the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

• the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

• a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an individual person

• a user of (usually soft) drugs

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

• a rounded compact mass

• the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

• the part in the front or nearest the viewer

• a difficult juncture

• forward movement

• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

• the subject matter at issue

• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

• the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

• that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

• (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

• (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

• the striking part of a tool

• (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

• a projection out from one end

• a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

• oral stimulation of the genitals

• to go or travel towards

• be in charge of

• travel in front of; go in advance of others

• be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• take its rise

• be in the front of or on top of

• form a head or come or grow to a head

• remove the head of

• the person who steers a ship

• any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

• someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

• a member of a police force

• a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

• direct or command as an officer

• a student who fails to attend classes

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• the naval officer in command of a military ship

• work as the skipper on a vessel

• of high or superior quality or performance

• of or characteristic of high rank or importance

• written or printed above and to one side of another character

• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

• one of greater rank or station or quality

• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

• the head of a religious community

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

• having a higher rank

• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by

• a student who fails to attend classes

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• the naval officer in command of a military ship

• work as the skipper on a vessel

• an artist of consummate skill

• a person who has general authority over others

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• directs the work of others

• presiding officer of a school

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• key that secures entrance everywhere

• most important element

• be or become completely proficient or skilled in

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• the leader of a group of people

• the head of a tribe or clan

• a person who exercises control over workers

• a man who is foreperson of a jury

• a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

• someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

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

• a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

• operate an airplane

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