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  • as inguide
  • as inhelm
  • as intail
  • as intail end

synonyms for rudder

  • counselor
  • mentor
  • model
  • pilot
  • teacher
  • adviser
  • attendant
  • captain
  • chaperon
  • cicerone
  • conductor
  • controller
  • convoy
  • criterion
  • design
  • director
  • docent
  • escort
  • example
  • exemplar
  • exhibitor
  • genie
  • genius
  • guru
  • ideal
  • inspiration
  • lead
  • leader
  • lodestar
  • monitor
  • paradigm
  • pathfinder
  • pattern
  • pioneer
  • scout
  • standard
  • superintendent
  • usher
  • vanguard
  • guiding spirit
On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rudder, such as: counselor, mentor, model, pilot, teacher, and adviser.

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  • follower
    • beginning
    • front
    • start
    • head
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      How to use rudder in a sentence

      The thruster and rudder quickly got clogged up with seaweed, forcing the team to stop every few minutes, Bahman says.
      INSIDE ALPHABET X’S NEW EFFORT TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH SEAGRASSJAMES TEMPLENOVEMBER 9, 2022MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
      The birds achieve top velocity by moving parallel to the ground and using their tails as rudders to stay aerodynamic and make quick turns.
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      A “compensator” that acts like a rudder is positioned just below the frame and connected to the front wheel.
      PARA-ATHLETES USE SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE GEAR WE’VE SEENAGINTZLERSEPTEMBER 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
      With difficulty he induced the scared ryot to take the rudder while he explained the new project.
      THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
      A single oar used rather as rudder than paddle guides the tank to the middle of the stream, where it floats to its destination.
      JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAM
      Mr Jones, without making a remark of any kind, shipped the rudder; the other four pulled.
      THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNE
      The sea seemed to be fining off a bit, so they looked round, and found to their horror that the rudder was gone.
      THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMAN
      On the deck aft, about a couple of feet in advance of the rudder-head, are fitted two brass stanchions.
      YACHTING VOL. 2VARIOUS.
      (d) The yacht shall show at least one-quarter of an inch of her rudder-post clear of the water when on her load-water-line.
      YACHTING VOL. 2VARIOUS.
      The boiler-room telegraphs, stoking indicators, rudder indicators, clocks and thermostats were also electrical.
      LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP 'TITANIC'BRITISH GOVERNMENT
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