pilot
1. someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
airplane pilot
• Topics:
aircraft
• Hypernyms:
aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
• Hyponyms:
barnstormer, stunt flier, stunt pilot, captain, senior pilot,
combat pilot, copilot, co-pilot, kamikaze, test pilot, wingman
2. a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
• Hypernyms:
mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack,
old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
3. a program exemplifying a contemplated series;
intended to attract sponsors
• Syn:
pilot program, pilot film
• Hypernyms:
television program, TV program, television show, TV show
4. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- this painting is a copy of the original
• Syn:
original, archetype
• Derivationally related forms:
archetypical (for: archetype), archetypal (for: archetype), original (for: original)
• Hypernyms:
model, example
5. small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
• Syn:
pilot burner, pilot light
• Hypernyms:
gas burner, gas jet
6. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
• Syn:
fender, buffer, cowcatcher
• Derivationally related forms:
fend (for: fender)
• Hypernyms:
framework
• Part Holonyms:
locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
1. operate an airplane (Freq. 1)
- The pilot flew to Cuba
• Syn:
fly, aviate
• Derivationally related forms:
pilotage, piloting, aviation (for: aviate), aviator (for: aviate), flyer (for: fly), flier (for: fly), flying (for: fly)
• Topics:
air travel, aviation, air, aircraft
• Hypernyms:
operate, control
• Hyponyms:
fly blind, fly contact, solo, test fly, jet,
glide, hydroplane, seaplane, balloon, hedgehop, flat-hat,
hang glide, soar
• Verb Group:
fly
• Entailment:
fly, wing
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance (Freq. 1)
- Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?
- Who was navigating the ship during the accident?
• Syn:
navigate
• Derivationally related forms:
pilotage, piloting, navigation (for: navigate), navigator (for: navigate)
• Hypernyms:
steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct,
point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
• Hyponyms:
astrogate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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