Usually means: Person skilled in water-based activities.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 27 dictionaries that define the word waterman:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. waterman: Merriam-Webster
  2. waterman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. waterman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. waterman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. waterman: Vocabulary.com
  6. Waterman, waterman: Wordnik
  7. Waterman, waterman: Wiktionary
  8. waterman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. waterman: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. waterman: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. waterman: Dictionary.com
  12. Waterman (crater), Waterman (occupation), Waterman (song), Waterman (sports), Waterman (surname), Waterman (web series), Waterman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Waterman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. waterman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. waterman: Rhymezone
  16. Waterman: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. waterman: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Waterman: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  19. waterman: FreeDictionary.org
  20. waterman: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. waterman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. waterman: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WATERMAN, WATERMAN, WATERMAN: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. waterman, waterman: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. waterman: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See watermans as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Waterman)

noun:  (obsolete) A seaman, a sailor.
noun:  A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
noun:  Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
noun:  (dated) Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
noun:  (surfing) A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
noun:  An occupational surname.
noun:  A place in the United States:
noun:  A village in DeKalb County, Illinois.
noun:  A ghost town in Wheeler County, Oregon.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington.

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     aqua,     teal,     turquoise,     cyan, more...

Words similar to waterman

Usage examples for waterman

Idioms related to waterman

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing waterman

Words that often appear near waterman

Rhymes of waterman

Invented words related to waterman

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     aqua,     teal,     turquoise,     cyan, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux