Meanings
plural aviators
- An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh.
2016 November 15, Karla Pequenino, “The women pilots that history forgot”, in CNN1 more example
Two missing US Navy aviators have been declared dead, several days after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington, during a training flight, the Navy said Sunday.
2024 October 20, Haley Britzky, “Two missing Navy aviators declared dead days after aircraft crash in Washington state”, in CNN - obsoleteAn experimenter in aviation.
- obsoleteA flying machine.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchaviateur
- Frenchaviateur
- Englishaviator
Borrowed from French aviateur. By surface analysis, avi- + -ator
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طَيَّار
- طَيَّار (ṭayyār)aircraft pilot
Bulgarian авиа́тор, авиа́торка
- авиа́тор (aviátor)aircraft pilot
- авиа́торка (aviátorka)aircraft pilot
Catalan aviador
- aviadoraircraft pilot
Chinese Mandarin 飛行員 /飞行员
- 飛行員 /飞行员 (fēixíngyuán)aircraft pilot
Czech letec, aviatik
- letecaircraft pilot
- aviatikaircraft pilot
Danish pilot
- pilotaircraft pilot
Finnish lentäjä, pilotti
- lentäjäaircraft pilot
- pilottiaircraft pilot
French aviateur, aviatrice
- aviateuraircraft pilot
- aviatriceaircraft pilot
German Flieger, Fliegerin
- Fliegeraircraft pilot
- Fliegerinaircraft pilot
Greek αεροπόρος, ιπτάμενος κροίσος
- αεροπόρος (aeropóros)aircraft pilot
- ιπτάμενος κροίσος (iptámenos kroísos)aircraft pilot
Indonesian aviator, penerbang
- aviatoraircraft pilot
- penerbangaircraft pilot
- juru terbangaircraft pilot
- pilotaircraft pilot
Irish eitleoir
- eitleoiraircraft pilot
Italian aviatore, aviatrice
- aviatoreaircraft pilot
- aviatriceaircraft pilot
Malay juruterbang
- juruterbangaircraft pilot
Norwegian Bokmål flyger
- flygeraircraft pilot
Polish lotnik, awiator
- lotnikaircraft pilot
- awiatoraircraft pilot
Portuguese aviador, aviadora
- aviadoraircraft pilot
- aviadoraaircraft pilot
- aviatrizaircraft pilot
Romanian aviator, aviatoare
- aviatoraircraft pilot
- aviatoareaircraft pilot
Russian авиа́тор
- авиа́тор (aviátor)aircraft pilot
Spanish aviador, aviadora
- aviadoraircraft pilot
- aviadoraaircraft pilot
Tagalog manlilipad
- manlilipadaircraft pilot
Ukrainian авіа́тор, авіа́торка
- авіа́тор (aviátor)aircraft pilot
- авіа́торка (aviátorka)aircraft pilot
Yiddish אַוויאַטאָר
- אַוויאַטאָר (avyator)aircraft pilot
Cite this entry
aviator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviator
“aviator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aviator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviator.
Source: aviator on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.