different between seaworthy vs airworthy

English

Alternative forms

• sea-worthy

Etymology

sea +? -worthy

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?si?w??ði/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?si?w?ði/

Adjective

seaworthy (comparative seaworthier, superlative seaworthiest)

1. Fit for service at sea.
   • 1922, James A. Cooper, Sheila of Big Wreck Cove:

     Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly stowed in a seaworthy craft reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is some hours longer on the way.

Antonyms

• unseaworthy

Derived terms

• seaworthiness

Translations

See also

• airworthy
• roadworthy

Anagrams

• otherways

English

Etymology

From air +? -worthy.

Adjective

airworthy (comparative airworthier or more airworthy, superlative airworthiest or most airworthy)

1. Meeting standards for safe flight

   An airworthy helicopter...

   Doc Savage doubted that he would carry out the threat, and thought the plane was still airworthy.

Synonyms

• flyable
• flyworthy
• skyworthy

Antonyms

• unflyable

Derived terms

• airworthiness

Translations

See also

• roadworthy
• seaworthy