circumnavigate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=nav=i=gate

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumnavigate, v. t. [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.].

 To sail completely round.  [1913 Webster]
"Having circumnavigated the whole earth."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circumnavigate, v.tr. sail round (esp. the world).

Derivative

circumnavigation n. circumnavigator n.

Etymology

L circumnavigare (as CIRCUM-, NAVIGATE)

THESAURUS

circumnavigate

boat, bypass, canoe, carry sail, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumvent, close the circle, coast, come full circle, compass, cross, cruise, cycle, describe a circle, detour, encircle, encompass, flank, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go by ship, go on shipboard, go round, go the round, go to sea, gyre, lap, make a circuit, make a passage, motorboat, navigate, orbit, ply, revolve, round, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, scull, seafare, skirt, spiral, steam, steamboat, surround, take a voyage, traverse, voyage, wheel, yacht

ROGET THESAURUS

circumnavigate

Navigation

VB sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.

Circuition

VB turn, bend, wheel, go about, put about, heel, go round to the right about, turn round to the right about, turn on one's heel, make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle, go through 180 degrees, go through 360 degrees, pass through 180 degrees, pass through 360 degrees, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent, put a girdle round about the earth, go the round, make the round of, wind, circulate, meander, whisk, twirl, twist, make a detour.