English noun: piloting |
1. | piloting (act) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
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| Synonyms | navigation, pilotage |
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| Broader (hypernym) | direction, guidance, steering |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | astronavigation, celestial navigation, dead reckoning, instrument flying |
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| Domain category members | barge, bear down on, bear down upon, beat, boat, ferry, ferry, ferry, luff, outpoint, point, rack, raft, sail, scud, steam, steamer, tack, wear round, wear ship, weather, yacht |
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2. | piloting (act) the occupation of a pilot |
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| Synonyms | pilotage |
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| Broader (hypernym) | craft, trade |
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