Synonyms of the word

soar

• v. to fly aloft with little effort, as a bird.
• v. to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
• v. to remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
• v. to rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
• v. (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
• n. The act of soaring.
• n. An upward flight.

arise

• v. To come up from a lower to a higher position.
• v. To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
• v. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin…

ascending

• v. present participle of ascend.
• n. An ascent.

ascension

• n. The act of ascending; an ascent.
• n. That which rises, as from distillation.

ascent

• n. The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
• n. The way or means by which one ascends.
• n. An eminence, hill, or high place.
• n. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising…
• n. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
• n. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy.

aviate

• v. To operate an aircraft.

climb

• v. (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
• v. (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
• v. (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
• v. (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
• v. (intransitive) to practise the sport of climbing.
• v. (intransitive) to jump high.
• v. To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
• v. (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
• n. An act of climbing.
• n. The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
• n. An upwards struggle.

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.

glide

• v. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
• v. (transitive) To cause to glide.
• v. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
• n. The act of gliding.
• n. (phonology) Semivowel.
• n. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant…
• n. A bird, the glede or kite.
• n. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.

lift

• n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
• n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
• v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
• v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
• v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
• v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
• v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
• v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
• v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
• v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
• v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
• n. An act of lifting or raising.
• n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
• n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
• n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
• n. (historical slang) A thief.
• n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
• n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
• n. an improvement in mood.
• n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
• n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
• n. A lift gate.
• n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
• n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
• n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
• n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

pilot

• n. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
• n. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel…
• n. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
• n. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
• n. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
• n. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
• n. Something serving as a test or trial.
• n. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
• n. A sample episode of a proposed TV series.
• n. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
• n. A pilot light.
• n. One who flies a kite.
• n. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
• adj. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run, pilot plant).
• adj. Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light).
• adj. A vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination. (pilot vehicle).
• adj. Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp").
• v. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
• v. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
• v. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.).

rise

• v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
• v. To begin; to develop.
• v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
• v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
• v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
• v. To come; to offer itself.
• v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
• n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
• n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
• n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
• n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
• n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
• n. (informal) An angry reaction.
• n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

sailplane

• n. (aircraft) A glider that is optimised for soaring and is equipped with fixed wings and fuselage.
• v. To fly in a sailplane.

surge

• n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
• n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
• n. (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
• n. (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
• n. (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
• n. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
• v. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
• v. To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.

uprise

• v. (archaic) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
• v. (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination.
• v. To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
• n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

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.

zoom

• n. a humming noise from something moving very fast.
• n. a quick ascent.
• n. a big increase.
• n. an augmentation of a view by varying the focal length of a lens.
• v. to move fast with a humming noise.
• v. to fly an airplane straight up.
• v. to move rapidly.
• v. to go up sharply.
• v. to change the focal length of a zoom lens.
• v. (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.