nonsailor C2+ Topic:People & Society US /nɑnˈseɪlər/ UK /nɒnˈseɪlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who is not a sailor As a nonsailor, he was queasy before the boat left the dock. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who is not a sailor landlubberlandsman ↔ Opposites sailormarinerseaman Word family Related forms sailorsail Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + sailor, from sail (Old English segl) + agentive -or; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seglą ('sail'). non Latin segl Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nonsailor **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /nɑnˈseɪlər/ **IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈseɪlə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who is not a sailor ## Examples - As a nonsailor, he was queasy before the boat left the dock. ## Synonyms - landlubber - landsman ## Antonyms - sailor - mariner - seaman ## Related Forms - sailor - sail ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: segl ## Etymology From non- ('not') + sailor, from sail (Old English segl) + agentive -or; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seglą ('sail'). ## AI Etymology Nonsailor is from non- ('not') + sailor, from sail (Old English segl) + agentive -or; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seglą ('sail'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and segl (Old English). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers a person who is not a sailor. The wider family includes related words such as sailor and sail. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown