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nautical

  • adjective
  • nau·ti·cal
  • nô′tĭ-kəl

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

Example

“nautical charts”

Synonyms

  • maritime
  • marine

Related words

  • aeronautical
  • nauticalese
  • nauticalism
  • nonnautical
  • unnautical
  • nautical mile
  • nautical twilight
  • nautical star
  • nautical style
  • nautical chart

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ναυτικός".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nautical” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.