seafaring

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seafaring
    adj 1: used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels" [syn:
           {oceangoing}, {seafaring}, {seagoing}]
    n 1: the work of a sailor [syn: {seafaring}, {navigation},
         {sailing}]
    2: travel by water [syn: {water travel}, {seafaring}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seafaring \Sea"far`ing\, a.
   Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "seafaring":
      boating, canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising,
      gunkholing, marine, maritime, motorboating, nautical, naval,
      navigability, navigating, navigation, navigational, ocean-going,
      oceanic, passage-making, pelagic, periplus, rowing, sailing, salty,
      sculling, sea travel, seamanlike, seamanly, steaming,
      travel by water, voyaging, water travel, water-borne, yachting

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