nautical adj 1: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance" [syn: {nautical}, {maritime}, {marine}]
Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr. nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique. See {Nave} of a church.] Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill. [1913 Webster] Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}. [1913 Webster] {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}. {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface. {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}. [1913 Webster]
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nautical": bathymetric, bathyorographical, boating, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine, maritime, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic, oceanographic, pelagic, sailing, salty, seafaring, seagoing, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne, yachting