| airman | | |
| n. (person) | 1. aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer | someone who operates an aircraft. |
| ~ airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix | a woman aviator. |
| ~ airplane pilot, pilot | someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| ~ bennett, floyd bennett | United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928). |
| ~ bleriot, louis bleriot | French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936). |
| ~ cochran, jacqueline cochran | United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980). |
| ~ doolittle, james harold doolittle, jimmy doolittle | United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993). |
| ~ amelia earhart, earhart | first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937). |
| ~ howard hughes, howard robard hughes, hughes | United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976). |
| ~ charles a. lindbergh, charles augustus lindbergh, charles lindbergh, lindbergh, lucky lindy | United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974). |
| ~ billy mitchell, william mitchell, mitchell | United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936). |
| ~ wiley post, post | United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935). |
| pilot | | |
| n. (person) | 1. airplane pilot, pilot | someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. |
| ~ aircraft | a vehicle that can fly. |
| ~ aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer | someone who operates an aircraft. |
| ~ stunt flier, stunt pilot, barnstormer | a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting. |
| ~ senior pilot, captain | the pilot in charge of an airship. |
| ~ combat pilot | airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces. |
| ~ co-pilot, copilot | a relief pilot on an airplane. |
| ~ kamikaze | a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash. |
| ~ test pilot | a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them. |
| ~ wingman | the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation. |
| n. (person) | 2. pilot | a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor. |
| ~ gob, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, jack, tar | a man who serves as a sailor. |
| n. (communication) | 3. pilot, pilot film, pilot program | a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors. |
| ~ television program, television show, tv program, tv show | a program broadcast by television. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. archetype, original, pilot | something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.; "this painting is a copy of the original" |
| ~ example, model | a representative form or pattern.; "I profited from his example" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pilot, pilot burner, pilot light | small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner. |
| ~ gas burner, gas jet | burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. buffer, cowcatcher, fender, pilot | an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| ~ locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive, engine | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks. |
| v. (motion) | 7. aviate, fly, pilot | operate an airplane.; "The pilot flew to Cuba" |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ aircraft | a vehicle that can fly. |
| ~ control, operate | handle and cause to function.; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" |
| ~ fly | transport by aeroplane.; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" |
| ~ fly | travel in an airplane.; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" |
| ~ fly | travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft.; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" |
| ~ fly, wing | travel through the air; be airborne.; "Man cannot fly" |
| ~ fly blind | fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments. |
| ~ fly contact | fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference. |
| ~ solo | fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers. |
| ~ test fly | test a plane. |
| ~ jet | fly a jet plane. |
| ~ glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane. |
| ~ hydroplane, seaplane | glide on the water in a hydroplane. |
| ~ balloon | ride in a hot-air balloon.; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China" |
| ~ flat-hat, hedgehop | fly very close to the ground. |
| ~ hang glide, soar | fly by means of a hang glider. |
| v. (motion) | 8. navigate, pilot | act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" |
| ~ channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| ~ astrogate | guide in interplanetary travel. |
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