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See definition of captaincy on Dictionary.com
  • as inleadership
  • as innavigation

synonyms for captaincy

  • captainship
  • care
  • coaching
  • direction
  • encouragement
  • guardianship
  • guidance
  • initiative
  • lead
  • navigation
  • overseeing
  • pilotage
  • piloting
  • shepherding
  • steering
  • stewardship
  • superintendence
  • superintendency
  • supervision
  • tutelage
  • administration
  • directorship
  • generalship
  • governance
  • government
  • influence
  • management
  • running
  • sway
  • authority
  • command
  • control
  • domination
  • dominion
  • power
  • reign
  • rule
On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to captaincy, such as: captainship, care, coaching, direction, encouragement, and guardianship.

antonyms for captaincy

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  • subordination
  • deference
  • obedience
  • submission
  • subservience
  • impotence
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    How to use captaincy in a sentence

    He went 0-2 as a starter, which jeopardized Washington’s first-place standing in the NFC East, and in between he was fined $40,000 and stripped of his captaincy for partying without a mask following a loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
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    Rivera fined Haskins $40,000 and revoked his captaincy but did not release him.
    WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TIMELINE: FROM RON RIVERA HIRING TO PLAYOFF EXITSAM FORTIERJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    Meantime the discontents in the northern provinces had broken out into open insurrection, in the captaincy of Pernambuco.
    JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAM
    She told me that Luiz do Rego had sent home many fine minerals from the captaincy, and also some fossils.
    JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAM
    They served the war out, Abner rising just before the end to a captaincy, Edward serving always as a private in the ranks.
    THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBB
    His friend Greene gave another reason than ambition to explain his desire for the captaincy.
    MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1896, VOL. VI. NO. 2VARIOUS
    Bones was by way of being examined in subjects C and D, for promotion to captaincy, and Hamilton was the examining officer.
    THE KEEPERS OF THE KING'S PEACEEDGAR WALLACE
    After passing through various grades, he was promoted to a captaincy of infantry in 1837.
    SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
    He remained sergeant for thirteen years, when he was promoted to a captaincy.
    SATAN'S INVISIBLE WORLD DISPLAYED OR, DESPAIRING DEMOCRACYW. T. STEAD
    Three times he had gone up for examination for a captaincy before the Civil Service Board.
    SATAN'S INVISIBLE WORLD DISPLAYED OR, DESPAIRING DEMOCRACYW. T. STEAD
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