Pilot

Noun

 * 1)  A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
 * 2)  A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
 * 3)  A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
 * 4) * 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 87:
 * So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.
 * 1)  A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
 * 2)  A sample episode of a proposed TV series
 * 3)  A cowcatcher.
 * 4) A pilot light.

Derived terms

 * autopilot
 * bush pilot
 * copilot
 * hangar pilot


 * Palm Pilot
 * pilot fish
 * pilot whale
 * test pilot

Adjective
pilot


 * 1) Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run, pilot plant)
 * 2) Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light)
 * 3) Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp")

Derived terms

 * pilot experiment
 * pilot hole
 * pilot light
 * pilot version

Verb

 * 1)  To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
 * 2)  To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
 * 3)  To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)

Adjectives for Pilot
desperate; sagacious; visiting;  sublime; competent; wartime; licensed; lightning; skilled.

Verbs for Pilot
—communicates with; —conducts; —gov¬erns; —guides; —manages; —navigates; — occupies; —prescribes;  —regulates;  — sounds; —steers; —weathers.

Adverbs for Pilot
daringly; courageously; intrepidly; gallantly; desperately; sagaciously; competently.

Thesaurus
Gyropilot, aegis, aerialist, aeronaut, aeroplaner, aeroplanist, agent, air pilot, airman, airplanist, arm guard, astronaut, auto, automatic pilot, aviator, backstop, barnstorm, barnstormer, be responsible for, bellwether, birdman, boatheader, boatsteerer, buffer, bulwark, bumper, captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, charioteer, chart a course, cicerone, cloud seeder, commercial pilot, cond, conduct, conductor, conn, conner, contraceptive, control, copilot, copyright, courier, cowherd, cox, coxswain, crash helmet, crop-duster, cushion, cut-and-try, dashboard, deal with, dean, direct, docking pilot, dodger, doyen, dragoman, drive, driver, drover, empirical, engineer, escort, experimental, face mask, fender, finger guard, flier, fly, foot guard, functionary, fuse, goatherd, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail, guide, guidepost, guider, hand guard, handle, handler, handrail, hard hat, have the conn, helm, helmet, helmsman, herd, herdsman, heuristic, hit-or-miss, hold the reins, instructor, insulation, interlock, jet jockey, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, lead, leader, licensed pilot, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, make go, manage, maneuver, manipulate, manipulator, mask, mercury, motor, mudguard, navigate, navigator, nose guard, operant, operate, operative, operator, pad, padding, palladium, patent, peel off, perform on, play, pointer, practice, preventive, probationary, probative, probatory, prophylactic, protective clothing, protective umbrella, proving, provisional, rainmaker, river pilot, route, run, runner, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, sailing master, screen, seat belt, see, see to, shape a course, shepherd, shield, shin guard, show, solo, steer, steerer, steersman, stunt flier, stunt man, sun helmet, take care of, take the helm, tentative, test, test pilot, testing, tool, tour director, tour guide, trial, trial-and-error, trying, umbrella, verificatory, wheel, wheelman, windscreen, windshield, wingman, work

Etymology
From pilot:, pillot:, from  piloto:, from  pillottus:; perhaps ultimately from  πηδόν:, hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdalion), "rudder".

Noun

 * Arabic: طيار
 * Armenian:
 * Breton: loman
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pilot
 * Chechen: кеманхо, пилот
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ (ganohilidohi)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 駕駛員, 驾驶员
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, Flugzeugführer


 * Greek: πιλότος (pilótos), χειριστής (çiristís) , πλοηγός (ploigós)  , κυβερνήτης (civernítis) (passenger aircraft only)
 * Hebrew: טייס
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: パイロット
 * Korean: 조종사
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: pîlot
 * Macedonian: пилот (pilot)
 * Northern Sami: girdi
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 領航, 领航
 * Russian:


 * Swahili: marubani
 * Swedish: styrman


 * Breton: loman, levier
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 引水人, 引港
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: πηδαλιούχος (pidaliúkhos), πλοηγός (ploigós)


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: rêberê keştîyê
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili: marubani
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: pilot
 * Finnish: koejakso
 * Greek:, πιλοτικό επεισόδιο


 * Portuguese: piloto
 * Spanish: piloto
 * Swedish: pilotavsnitt

Adjective

 * Catalan: pilot
 * Finnish: koe-, pilotti-


 * Swahili: marubani


 * Finnish: merkki-


 * Spanish: piloto
 * Swahili: marubani

Verb

 * Breton: lomaniñ (1), leviañ (1,2)
 * Catalan: pilotar
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Greek: πιλοτάρω (pilotáro) (1), διευθύνω (ðiefthíno), κυβερνώ (civernó), χειρίζομαι (çirízome) (1, 2), πλοηγώ
 * Polish: pilotować
 * Spanish: pilotar


 * Breton: lomaniñ (1), leviañ (1,2)
 * Finnish:
 * German: lotsen


 * Greek: πλοηγώ (ploigó) (2), διευθύνω (ðiefthíno), κυβερνώ (civernó), χειρίζομαι (çirízome) (1, 2)
 * Polish: pilotować


 * Catalan: provar
 * Finnish: kokeilla, testata, pilotoida, demonstroida


 * Spanish: probar

Noun

 * 1) pilot controller of aircraft

Derived terms

 * pilotní
 * pilotovat

Noun

 * 1) a pilot, controller of aircraft

Noun

 * 1) pilot (controller of aircraft)
 * 2) remote control

Noun

 * 1) pilot

Etymology
pilote

Related terms

 * aeroport
 * avion
 * a pilota