seafaring

/ˌsiˈfɛrɪŋ/

Other forms: seafarings

Seafaring is the activity of traveling or working on the ocean. You'll be much happier in the Navy if you enjoy seafaring.

If you work on a ship or travel often by boat, you can also describe yourself as seafaring. Some seafaring jobs include piloting a yacht, working as a lobsterman, and doing stand-up comedy on a cruise ship. As an adjective, seafaring dates from around 1200, a combination of sea and faring, from the Old English fær, "journey or expedition."

Definitions of seafaring

1. noun

   the work of a sailor
   synonyms: navigation, sailing

   types:

   cabotage

   navigation in coastal waters

   type of:

   employment, work

   the occupation for which you are paid
2. noun

   travel by water
   synonyms: water travel

   types:

   ocean trip, voyage

   an act of traveling by water

   sailing

   riding in a sailboat

   boating, yachting

   water travel for pleasure

   cruise, sail

   an ocean trip taken for pleasure

   maiden voyage

   the first voyage of its kind

   luff

   the act of sailing close to the wind

   beat

   the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

   tack

   sailing a zigzag course

   bareboating

   boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions

   type of:

   travel, traveling, travelling

   the act of going from one place to another
3. adjective

   used on the high seas
   “seafaring vessels”

   synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing

   marine

   relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea