Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ship's_officer
1 sense of ship's officer
Sense 1
officer, ship's officer -- (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines")
=> mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog -- (a man who serves as a sailor)