SAILED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

sailed

verb

past tense of sail

as in ferried

to travel on water in a vessel I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily

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as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily sailed through the latest assignment

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as in hovered

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze

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Recent Examples of sailed David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia had already reported results that sailed past estimates by the time CFO Colette Kress came into the earnings call with a stunning forecast for next year. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Milton, though, was flushed from the pocket, and a late throw to Brown sailed out of bounds. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The charter Girardeau sailed with was about four miles out and almost at the its trip when word of the hammerhead was radioed out — the crew decided to take a chance and sped up the coast 15 minutes to see the shark still sauntering in the sea. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026 During Monday’s practice, Smith threw an interception to safety Andre Cisco on a pass that sailed well over the receiver’s head. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Pete Alonso skipped sideways toward first base while his drive sailed toward the foul pole in left field. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 An iceberg viewed from one side could morph into a completely different form as the ship sailed past it. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Gasper’s game-tying blast sailed 407 feet into the right field bleachers and according to Statcast would have been gone in all 30 MLB ballparks. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 Allen had two catches for 20 yards in his preseason debut, one of which required him to jump for a pass that sailed. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026

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Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
He’s now being ferried around the Ankara airport in a food service vehicle to a third aircraft, leaving the crew and other administration personnel to leave on a plane that was presumably under threat.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

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From Corona Extra to Michelob Ultra, beer flowed on the National Mall this weekend as tens of thousands of fans watched IndyCar drivers race through the heart of Washington DC.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
The family fracture began when Baker and Emily sought an audit of millions of dollars that had flowed unauthorized from their accounts into businesses connected to Baker’s father and brother.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

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The autonomous food delivery droid robots hovered on top of the food truck counter as if the surface were a stage.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
But things went sideways when the drone hovered above Austen’s pool and dropped the package into the water.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

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Restrictions on energy, electricity or critical minerals, something Ford also floated, could instead raise costs for American companies and consumers by making key inputs more expensive or harder to obtain.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, amid growing trade tensions with Canada.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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Over two partial days and one full day of fishing – roughly 15 hours total – the three of us boated 53 catfish up to 25 pounds.

— Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2025
Many of the 30,000 tourists last year who boated down the Paraguay River beside the Serra do Amolar, about 60 miles downriver from Porto Jofre, were guests on liveaboard fishing charters.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025

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