pilots

Meanings

Noun

• someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
• a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
• a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
• small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
• plural of pilot

Verb

• operate an airplane
• act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
• third-person singular simple present indicative of pilot

Synonyms

airplane pilot, archetype, aviate, buffer, cowcatcher, fender, fly, navigate, original, pilot, pilot burner, pilot film, pilot light, pilot program