captains
Meaning of captains
noun
- A chief or leader.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- The leader of a group of workers.
John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
- The head boy of a school.
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
- To act as captain
- To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
Information about captains
- The singular form of captains is: captain.
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Hyphenation of captains
cap-tains
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- captains is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
captains synonyms
Meaning :
master, skipper, foreman, supervisor, Capt, pilot
Anagrams of captains
Words that rhyme with captains
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