Home › Words › W › watermanshipwatermanshipwatermanship means skill in propelling oneself through the water, whether by swimming or boating.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, watermanship ranks #9,840 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom water + -manship.nounSkill in propelling oneself through the water, whether by swimming or boating.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oarsmanship 68% match — The skill of rowing a boat. vs watermanship →boatcraft 64% match — The art or skill of handling a boat on the water. vs watermanship →boatmanship 63% match — The art of managing or looking after a boat. vs watermanship →watercraft 61% match — Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle. vs watermanship →swimmingness 60% match — The act or state of swimming; suffusion. vs watermanship →paddlesport 59% match — Any sport involving the propulsion of a watercraft by means of a paddle. vs watermanship →waterwoman 59% match — A female waterman. vs watermanship →seamanship 58% match — Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea. vs watermanship →