Phrase Hound found 49 phrases and 13 compound words that contain captain. The most common are listed below. Open captain in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 49
- captain of industryA prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
- Captain ObviousSomeone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
- Captain PlanetAnyone who wishes to save the environment with an ambitious plan.
- Team captain
- bus captainA bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.
- captain generalA commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.
- group captainA rank in the RAF, between that of wing commander and air commodore, equivalent to an army colonel
- sea captainThe captain of a ship, as distinguished from a captain in the army.
- road captainThe captain of a bicycle racing team, who sets the pace.
- Captain SwingThe imagined leader of the Swing riots in rural England in 1830.
- flag captainThe captain of a flagship in the Royal Navy.
- police captainA high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.
- post-captainA captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by seniority rather than merit or ability.
- vice-captainA player who takes on the responsibilities of captain when the captain is not playing.
- Captain KirkA heroic person, particularly one with exaggerated bravery and leadership characteristics.
- fleet captainA captain in command of a fleet, convoy, or flotilla.
- captain of sea and warThe most senior naval officer rank used in Lusophone countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone naval rank of captain.
- Captain CookA look
- country captainA curried chicken and rice dish of the Southern United States, often with currants and almonds.
- school captainA student appointed or elected to represent the student body at a school.
- senior captaina military rank for a field officer above that of captain and below that of major
- staff captainThe holder of various military ranks, now usually translated from other languages. In the British Royal Navy the master of the fleet was ranked as a "Staff Captain" after 1864, just below the Captain, but he was not considered an executive …
- corvette captainMost junior senior officer rank in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant commander.
- donatary captainOne who held a donatary captaincy; a nobleman who had hereditary authority (granted in the 1530s) over a large tract of land in colonial Brazil, and who was responsible for paying taxes to the king and for seeing that the land was settled …
- Captain SwanThe ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.
Compound words 13
- captaincyThe rank or status of a captain.
- captainlikeResembling or characteristic of a captain.
- captainishTypical or characteristic of a captain
- captainlyBefitting a captain.
- cocaptainA joint captain.
- captainlessWithout a captain.
- captainshipcaptaincy
- subcaptainA subordinate captain.
- undercaptainA subordinate captain.
- captainessfemale captain