Captain and Helm

Captain

Captain verb - To be in charge of.

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Helm and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Helm" instead the word "Captain" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Helm verb - To operate or control the course of.

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Captain and helm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead the word "Helm" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: helmsman, helmed, helmet, helming

old	old captain	old helm
full	full captain	full helm
original	original captain	original helm
famous	famous captain	famous helm
Other adjectives: legendary, next.

Lionel Pendergast, captain of Earth's first starship Prometheus, stayed at the helm as the ship was blowing up around him in "Ethon" to beam his surviving crew to safety.

Source: Going Down with the Ship
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the Demeter runs aground at Whitby with all the crew missing except the captain, whose corpse is found lashed to the helm.

Source: Ghost Ship
When most of the bridge crew is slain and the captain cut off from his usual empathic command of the ship, he asks for Valdemeer to take the helm.

Source: You Are in Command Now