skipper C2+ Topic:Maritime & Sailing US /ˈskɪpər/ UK /ˈskɪpə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the captain of a ship or sports team The skipper steered the trawler safely through the storm. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the captain of a ship or... captainmastercommanderhelmsmanbossleader ↔ Opposites crewcrewman Word family Related forms shipskip Etymology AI details From Middle Dutch schipper ('shipper, ship's captain'), from schip ('ship'), of Germanic origin. schipper Middle Dutch schip Middle Dutch View etymology graph -> Topics Maritime & Sailing Transportation Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # skipper **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈskɪpər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈskɪpə/ ## Meanings 1. the captain of a ship or sports team ## Examples - The skipper steered the trawler safely through the storm. ## Synonyms - captain - master - commander - helmsman - boss - leader ## Antonyms - crew - crewman ## Related Forms - ship - skip ## Roots and Affixes - Root: schipper - Root: schip ## Etymology From Middle Dutch schipper ('shipper, ship's captain'), from schip ('ship'), of Germanic origin. ## AI Etymology Skipper comes from Middle Dutch schipper ('shipper, ship's captain'), from schip ('ship'), of Germanic origin. The historical chain includes Middle Dutch schipper and Middle Dutch schip. Older glosses in the chain include "shipper, ship" and "), from schip (", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, skipper is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun and verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun and verb, with the sense "the captain of a ship or sports team". related forms include ship and skip. The result is an English noun and verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Maritime & Sailing - Transportation - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown