more naval

ADJECTIVE

concerning ships, sea

Synonyms

WEAK

abyssal aquatic boating cruising deep-sea marine maritime navigating navigational oceangoing oceanic oceanographic pelagic rowing sailing sailorly salty sea-loving seafaring seagoing thalassic yachting

ADJECTIVE

seagoing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

marine maritime oceangoing seafaring

WEAK

aquatic nautical

Example Sentences

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Most practically, the U.S. needs more naval aviators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

“The Chinese are looking for more and more naval bases in the extended Indian Ocean,” said Lt.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Mr Hair explained that more naval architects and marine engineers have now been hired to do this job.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2020

Note how the spread of island acquisitions across the Pacific Ocean fulfills Alfred Mahan’s call for more naval bases in order to support a larger and more effective U.S.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

It was decreed that no more naval vessels were to touch at Cocos Island on any pretext whatever.

From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye