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argonaut

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/
  • General-American: /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R G AH0 N AO2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Any of several ships and submarines of the British and US navies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A team member for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canadian

Topics: ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Synonym of Ulleungdo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ulleungdo

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, specifically

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Alternative letter-case form of argonaut.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paper nautilus, nautilus, Argonauta argo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: octopod

10

noun

Meaning 10

(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character

11

noun

Meaning 11

someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adventurer, venturer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Argonauta, from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs). By surface analysis, Argo + -naut.

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արգոնավորդ (argonavord) — member of the Argo crew
  • Basque: Argonautak — member of the Argo crew
  • Belarusian: арганаўт (arhanawt) — member of the Argo crew
  • Breton: Argonaoted — member of the Argo crew
  • Bulgarian: аргонавт (argonavt) — member of the Argo crew
  • Catalan: Argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾戈英雄 /阿尔戈英雄 — member of the Argo crew
  • Czech: Argonauti — member of the Argo crew
  • Danish: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Dutch: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Estonian: argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Finnish: argonautti — member of the Argo crew
  • French: Argonaute — member of the Argo crew
  • Galician: argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Georgian: არგონავტი (argonavṭi) — member of the Argo crew
  • German: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • German: Argonautin — member of the Argo crew
  • Greek: Αργοναύτης (Argonáftis) — member of the Argo crew
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs) — member of the Argo crew
  • Hebrew: ארגונאוטים — member of the Argo crew
  • Hungarian: Argonauták — member of the Argo crew
  • Ido: Argonauto — member of the Argo crew
  • Italian: argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Japanese: アルゴナウタイ (arugonautai) — member of the Argo crew
  • Korean: 아르고나우타이 (areugonautai) — member of the Argo crew
  • Latin: Argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Lithuanian: Argonautas — member of the Argo crew
  • Manx: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Norwegian Bokmål: argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Polish: Argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Portuguese: argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Romanian: Argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Russian: аргона́вт (argonávt) — member of the Argo crew
  • Serbo-Croatian: Аргонаути — member of the Argo crew
  • Serbo-Croatian: Argonauti — member of the Argo crew
  • Sicilian: Argunàuti — member of the Argo crew
  • Slovak: Argonauti — member of the Argo crew
  • Slovene: Argonavti — member of the Argo crew
  • Spanish: argonauta — member of the Argo crew
  • Swedish: argonaut — member of the Argo crew
  • Ukrainian: аргонавт (arhonavt) — member of the Argo crew
  • Estonian: argonaut — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Fijian: vocenikuita — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • French: argonaute — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Hawaiian: moamoa waʻa — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Hawaiian: ʻauwaʻalālua — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Māori: muheke — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Polish: argonauta — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Polish: żeglarek — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Portuguese: argonauta — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Russian: аргона́вт (argonávt) — a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
  • Catalan: argonauta — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Estonian: laevuke — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Estonian: argonaut — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • French: argonaute — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Greek: αργοναύτης (argonáftis) — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Polish: argonauta — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Portuguese: argonauta — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Russian: аргона́вт (argonávt) — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
  • Swedish: argonaut — an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest