piloting

[pahy-luh-ting] / ˈpaɪ lə tɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

managing

Synonyms

STRONG

administering admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing overseeing regulating steering superintending supervising

Antonyms

STRONG

subordinate

NOUN

aviation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aeronautics navigation

STRONG

aerodynamics flight

NOUN

navigation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boating exploration shipping

STRONG

aeronautics captaincy captainship flying pilotage sailing seafaring seamanship steerage steering voyage yachting

WEAK

cruising helmsmanship nautics navigating ocean travel plotting a course voyaging

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By 2020, though, Cora was beloved in Boston for piloting the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series championship over the Dodgers in his first season as manager.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The company is also piloting software that shares incident data directly with local police stations to speed up reporting and response.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Word was already spreading about the physio who was piloting new approaches and saving careers.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Ghalibaf has posted video showing him piloting aircraft and became famous as mayor for riding his motorcycle, cultivating a strongman persona that some Iran watchers have compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

At first he’d outright refused the entire idea of Magdalys piloting the mosasaurus.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

piloting

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