'Circumnavigate' definitions:
Definition of 'circumnavigate'
From: WordNet
verb
Travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass]
Definition of 'Circumnavigate'
From: GCIDE
- Circumnavigate \Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumnavigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round. [1913 Webster]
- Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'circumnavigate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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