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Synonyms of the word 
FLIGHT → ADORN - AIR - AVIATION - BEAUTIFY - CREATIVENESS - CREATIVITY - DECORATE - EMBELLISH - ESCAPE - FLEDGE - FLOCK - FLY - FLYING - FORMATION - GRACE - ORNAMENT - PIP - SHOOT - STAIRCASE - STAIRWAY - TRAJECTORY - TRIP - WINGflight- n. The act of flying.
- n. An instance of flying.
- n. A collective term for doves or swallows.
- n. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or…
- n. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
- n. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- n. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- n. A paper plane.
- n. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
- n. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- n. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- n. An air force unit.
- n. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full…
- n. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- adj. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
- v. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than…
- v. (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or…
- n. The act of fleeing.
adorn- v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- n. (obsolete) adornment.
air- n. (uncountable, meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly.
- n. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical)…
- n. A breeze; a gentle wind.
- n. A feeling or sense.
- n. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- n. (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
- n. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.
- n. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- n. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context;…
- n. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas.
- n. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.
- v. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- v. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate.
- v. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic.
- v. To broadcast, as with a television show.
aviation- n. The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
- n. Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
- n. Industry that produces aircraft.
- n. (collectively, military) aircraft.
- n. A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice.
beautify- v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.
creativeness- n. The state of being creative; creativity.
creativity- n. The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product that is useful to society.
decorate- v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
- v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
- v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…
embellish- v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.
escape- v. (intransitive) To get free, to free oneself.
- v. (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- v. (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- v. (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted…
- v. (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- n. The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- n. (computing) escape key.
- n. (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- n. (snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
- n. (manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
- n. (obsolete) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
- n. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- n. (obsolete) A sally.
- n. (architecture) An apophyge.
fledge- v. (transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
- v. (intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
- v. (transitive) To decorate with feathers.
- v. (intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.
- adj. (archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
flock- n. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- n. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
- n. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- n. A large number of people.
- v. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
- v. To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- n. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- n. A lock of wool or hair.
- n. Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating…
- v. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
fly- n. (rural, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- n. (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless…
- n. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other…
- n. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
- n. (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- n. (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest…
- n. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
- n. (obsolete) A parasite.
- n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- v. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded…
- v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- v. (intransitive) To travel very fast.
- v. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- v. To hunt with a hawk.
- v. (transitive) To display a flag on a flagpole.
- n. (obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
- n. An act of flying.
- n. (baseball) A fly ball.
- n. (now historical) A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
- n. A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- n. A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants,…
- n. The free edge of a flag.
- n. The horizontal length of a flag.
- n. Butterfly, a form of swimming.
- n. (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- n. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- n. (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- n. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of…
- n. A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the…
- n. In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while…
- n. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- n. (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- n. (printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- n. (printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the…
- n. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- n. (cotton manufacture) waste cotton.
- v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground…
- adj. (slang, dated) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
- adj. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
- adj. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
flying- adj. That can fly.
- adj. Brief or hurried.
- adj. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
- n. An act of flight.
- v. present participle of fly.
formation- n. Something possessing structure or form.
- n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
- n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
- n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
- n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
- n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
grace- n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
- n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
- n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
- n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
- n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
- n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
- n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
- v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
- v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
- v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
- v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
ornament- n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
- n. A Christmas tree decoration.
- n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
- v. To decorate.
- v. To add to.
pip- n. Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- n. (humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
- n. (obsolete) A pippin.
- n. (Britain) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
- n. (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- n. (Britain, dated, WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
- n. One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- n. (military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of…
- n. A spot; a speck.
- n. A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- n. A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation.
- v. To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- v. To hit with a gunshot.
- v. To peep, to chirp.
- v. (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- n. One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final…
- n. (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex)…
shoot- v. To launch a projectile.
- v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- v. (sports) To act or achieve.
- v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- v. To develop, move forward.
- v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W.
- n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- n. A photography session.
- n. A hunt or shooting competition.
- n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- n. A rush of water; a rapid.
- n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- n. A shoat; a young pig.
- n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a…
- interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain.
staircase- n. A flight of stairs; a stairway.
- n. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
- n. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
- v. (transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) so as to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete…
stairway- n. A set of steps allowing one to walk up or down.
trajectory- n. (astronomy, space science) The path of a body as it travels through space.
- n. (cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time…
- n. Metaphorically, a course of development, such as that of a war or career.
trip- n. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- n. A stumble or misstep.
- n. (figuratively) An error; a failure; a mistake.
- n. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- n. A faux pas, a social error.
- n. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- n. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
- n. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
- n. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- n. (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
- n. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- n. (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
- n. (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
- n. A flock of wigeons.
- v. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
- v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
- v. (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety,…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
- v. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
- v. (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
- v. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
- v. (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
- v. (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- v. (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- adj. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips.
wing- n. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side…
- n. (slang) Human arm.
- n. Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- n. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- n. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- n. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of…
- n. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- n. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- n. Passage by flying; flight.
- n. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- n. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
- n. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air,…
- n. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- n. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- n. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service.
- n. (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- n. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- n. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the…
- n. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- n. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger.
- n. (botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
- n. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
- n. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- n. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- v. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
- v. (intransitive) To fly.
- v. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- v. (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- v. (transitive) To throw.
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