Jib Synonyms

jĭb
Refuse to comply
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resist
  2. balk
  3. baulk
Shift from one side of the ship to the other
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. jibe
  2. gybe
  3. change course
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Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. mizzen
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. foresail
  2. arm
  3. mainsail
  4. boom
  5. sail
  6. fore-topsail
  7. foreroyal
  8. forestaysail
  9. stop
  10. main-topsail
  11. moonraker
  12. moonsail
  13. spanker
  14. spinnaker
  15. staysail
  16. topsail
  17. trysail

Words Related to Jib

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Jib Sentence Examples

  • In the right-hand corner is the shaft for a still working wooden jib crane.

  • Alan decided to furl the genoa and hoist the blade jib.

  • Have an equivalent mark for each of your jib halyard settings.

  • Bear away onto the original course and set the balloon jib again, the error costing us distance but thankfully not a place.

  • The Xylonite ' s long flying jib made the decision for them when the bobstay broke under the strain.

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