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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

Example Sentences

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They will also test its manual piloting capabilities during docking simulations.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The company started piloting drone delivery at Google’s Mountain View campus to deliver supplies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

His debut ad felt like an Aquaman trailer, the veteran and oyster farmer’s basso profondo voice overlaying scenes of him in wet suits, splitting wood, piloting a boat, flying the flag, swinging a kettlebell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The next best thing was piloting clunky, first-generation drones to get simple aerial shots. and then along came these sci-fi speedsters made of 3D-printed carbon fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

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

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.