a vessel) ocean-going.
-n. 3. soldier, sailor, Inf devil dog, SI. leatherneck, Mil. SI. grunt.
4. shipping, tonnage, merchant vessels, merchant marine; navy, armada, warships, fleet, flotilla, squadron.
5. seascape, marine painting.
mariner, n. 1. sailor, seaman, seafarer, Inf. tar, bluejacket, Jack, Inf. gob, SI. limey, Brit. SI. matelot; sea dog, Inf. salt, shellback; Fr. matelot, Ger. Ma-trose, Sp. marinero, Sp. marino, It. marinaio.
2. skipper, captain; first mate, chief mate, first or chief officer, Naut. mate; helmsman, steersman, pilot, navigator; petty officer, boatswain, coxswain; crewman, Naut. deck hand, hand; midshipman, Inf. middy.
3. skin-diver, scuba diver, deep-sea diver, underseas explorer, aquanaut, hydronaut.
marionette, n. puppet, Punch and Judy, Polichi-nelle, It. fantoccio, dummy, doll,
marital, adj. conjugal, connubial, matrimonial, concubinary; nuptial, bridal, hymeneal, epithalamial, wedded, married; spousal, wifely, husbandly, uxorial, virile.
maritime, adj. 1. sea, oceanic, Neptunian, aquatic; marine, thalassic, pelagic; bathyal, deep-sea, bathypelagic, benthic; hydrographic, oceanographic, bathymetrical.
2. nautical, naval, seamanlike, seamanly, sailorly, Inf. salty; seafaring, seagoing, oceangoing; navigational, sailing, coasting.
3. littoral, coastal, tidal, shore, seashore, seaside, grallatorial; riverine, riverside, riparian, estuarine.
mark, n. 1. trace, line, score, rule, underline, underscore, streak, stroke; cut, gash, scratch, slash, scar, cicatrix, pock; tick, notch, chip, nick, pit, hachure; dent, impression, bruise; stain, blemish, blot, pimple; spot, dot, speck, blotch, splotch, smudge.
2. sign, symbol, indication, watermark; brand, identification, marking, trademark, hallmark; badge, emblem, token, evidence, proof; symptom, clue, hint, scent, omen; device, motto, monogram, signet, cachet, seal, signum; signature, autograph, cipher, figure, cross, X, hand, imprint, countermark, initials; fingerprint, thumbprint, footprint.
3. trace, vestige, remains, relic; track, tread, footprint, footmark, hoofmark; trail, wash, wake; scent, spoor, slot, smell, whiff.
4. landmark, waymark, direction post, marker, pointer; signpost, milestone, seamark, leader, cynosure.
5. punctuation, point, period, stop, dot, elipsis; comma, colon, semicolon, virgule, slash; quotation marks, apostrophe, exclamation mark, question mark; parenthesis, brackets, crotchets, braces; hyphen, dash, caret; asterisk, star, dagger, obelisk, squiggle, section; bullet, index, leader, paragraph; accent, grave accent, acute accent, circumflex, wedge; diaeresis, umlaut, tilde, macron, cedilla, breve.
6. norm, standard, criterion, measure; scale, yardstick, gauge, rule; model, type, pattern, prototype.
7. distinction, importance, consequence, prominence, greatness; repute, note, notability, report, fame; eminence, preeminence, prestige, glory, dignity, honor, celebrity, popularity; standing, rank, account, regard, name.
8. trait, characteristic, feature, peculiarity, lineament, attribute, quality; stamp, print, earmark, stigma, tattoo.
9. goal, objective, quarry, purpose, aim, end, intent, intention; point, destination, terminus, object; target, bull's-eye, butt.