Meanings
argonaut1
plural argonauts
- Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian - An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
- historicalspecificallyA 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.
Argonaut2
- Greekhuman sciencesOne of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.
- Any of several ships and submarines of the British and US navies.
- Canadianball gamesA team member for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
- obsoleteSynonym of Ulleungdo.
The Olivutsa’s surveys led to the conclusion that Argonaut Island must be Ulleungdo and that the incorrect position of Argonaut Island should be discarded, thereby putting an end to the confusion that had lasted for years.
2016, Choi Seo-myeon, “Dokdo as Illustrated on Maps”, in Historical, Geographical and Legal Analyses on Dokdo, Northeast Asian History Foundation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58Synonyms: Ulleungdo
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Ulleungdo.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Argonaut · proper noun, noun
- Ancient GreekἈργοναύτης
- LatinArgonauta
- EnglishArgonaut
Borrowed from Latin Argonauta, from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs). By surface analysis, Argo + -naut.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης
- Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs)member of the Argo crew
Basque Argonautak
- Argonautakmember of the Argo crew
Bulgarian аргонавт
- аргонавт (argonavt)member of the Argo crew
Catalan argonauta, Argonauta
- argonautaan adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- Argonautamember of the Argo crew
Chinese Mandarin 阿爾戈英雄 /阿尔戈英雄
- 阿爾戈英雄 /阿尔戈英雄member of the Argo crew
Czech Argonauti
- Argonautimember of the Argo crew
Danish Argonaut
- Argonautmember of the Argo crew
Dutch Argonaut
- Argonautmember of the Argo crew
Estonian argonaut, laevuke
- argonauta pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- laevukean adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- argonautan adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- argonautmember of the Argo crew
Finnish argonautti
- argonauttimember of the Argo crew
French argonaute, argonaute
- argonautea pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- argonautean adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- Argonautemember of the Argo crew
German Argonaut, Argonautin
- Argonautmember of the Argo crew
- Argonautinmember of the Argo crew
Greek αργοναύτης, Αργοναύτης
- αργοναύτης (argonáftis)an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- Αργοναύτης (Argonáftis)member of the Argo crew
Hawaiian moamoa waʻa, ʻauwaʻalālua
- moamoa waʻaa pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- ʻauwaʻalāluaa pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
Hebrew ארגונאוטים
- ארגונאוטיםmember of the Argo crew
Hungarian Argonauták
- Argonautákmember of the Argo crew
Italian argonauta
- argonautamember of the Argo crew
Japanese アルゴナウタイ
- アルゴナウタイ (arugonautai)member of the Argo crew
Korean 아르고나우타이
- 아르고나우타이 (areugonautai)member of the Argo crew
Latin Argonauta
- Argonautamember of the Argo crew
Lithuanian Argonautas
- Argonautasmember of the Argo crew
Māori muheke
- muhekea pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
Norwegian Bokmål Argonaut, argonaut
- Argonautmember of the Argo crew
- argonautmember of the Argo crew
Polish argonauta, żeglarek
- argonautaa pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- żeglareka pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- argonautaan adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- Argonautamember of the Argo crew
Portuguese argonauta, argonauta
- argonautaa pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- argonautaan adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- argonautamember of the Argo crew
Romanian Argonaut
- Argonautmember of the Argo crew
Russian аргона́вт, аргона́вт
- аргона́вт (argonávt)a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
- аргона́вт (argonávt)an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- аргона́вт (argonávt)member of the Argo crew
Slovak Argonauti
- Argonautimember of the Argo crew
Spanish argonauta
- argonautamember of the Argo crew
Swedish argonaut, argonaut
- argonautan adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
- argonautmember of the Argo crew
Ukrainian аргонавт
- аргонавт (arhonavt)member of the Argo crew
Cite this entry
argonaut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argonaut
“argonaut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argonaut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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