Synonyms for plane
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1. plane

   Horizontal signifies in the direction of or parallel to the horizon. For practical purposes level and horizontal are identical, tho level, as the more popular word, is more loosely used of that which has no especially noticeable elevations or inequalities; as, a level road. Flat, according to its derivation from the Anglo-Saxon flet, a floor, applies to a surface only, and, in the first and most usual sense, to a surface that is horizontal or level in all directions; a line may be level, a floor is flat; flat is also applied in a derived sense to any plane surface without irregularities or elevations, as a picture may be painted on the flat surface of a perpendicular wall. Plane applies only to a surface, and is used with more mathematical exactness than flat. The adjective plain, originally the same word as plane, is now rarely used except in the figurative senses, but the original sense appears in the noun, as we speak of "a wide plain." We speak of a horizontal line, a flat morass, a level road, a plain country, a plane surface (especially in the scientific sense). That which is level may not be even, and that which is even may not be level; a level road may be very rough; a slope may be even.

   Synonyms:
   even, flat, horizontal, level, plain

   Antonyms:
   broken, hilly, inclined, irregular, rolling, rough, rugged, slanting, sloping, uneven

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1. airplane, aeroplane, planenoun

   an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

   "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

   Synonyms:
   planer, carpenter's plane, airplane, aeroplane, planing machine, woodworking plane, sheet

   Antonyms:
   uneven

2. plane, sheetnoun

   (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

   "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

   Synonyms:
   shroud, airplane, bed sheet, weather sheet, carpenter's plane, sheet, flat solid, tack, planing machine, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, woodworking plane, tabloid, canvas, rag, mainsheet, piece of paper, planer, aeroplane

   Antonyms:
   uneven

3. planenoun

   a level of existence or development

   "he lived on a worldly plane"

   Synonyms:
   aeroplane, woodworking plane, airplane, carpenter's plane, planer, planing machine, sheet

   Antonyms:
   uneven

4. plane, planer, planing machinenoun

   a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

   Synonyms:
   planer, carpenter's plane, airplane, aeroplane, planing machine, woodworking plane, sheet

   Antonyms:
   uneven

5. plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking planeadjective

   a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood

   "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"

   Synonyms:
   planer, carpenter's plane, airplane, aeroplane, planing machine, woodworking plane, sheet

   Antonyms:
   uneven

6. flat, level, planeverb

   having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

   "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

   Synonyms:
   savourless, flavorless, categoric, matt, even, insipid, level, monotonic, compressed, tied(p), flat, unconditional, matted, vapid, level(p), categorical, monotonous, two-dimensional, matte, monotone, savorless, prostrate, bland, mat, flavourless, unwavering

   Antonyms:
   uneven

7. plane, shaveverb

   cut or remove with or as if with a plane

   "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

   Synonyms:
   shave, skim, knock off, trim

   Antonyms:
   uneven

8. plane, skimverb

   travel on the surface of water

   Synonyms:
   skim over, cream, cream off, skitter, rake, skim, scan, shave, skip, run down, skim off, glance over

   Antonyms:
   uneven

9. planeverb

   make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane

   "plane the top of the door"

   Synonyms:
   shave, skim

   Antonyms:
   uneven

Matched Categories

1. • Degree
   • Glide
   • Heavier-than-air Craft
   • Smooth

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1. planeadjective

   Synonyms:
   level, flat, even, smooth, plain

2. planeadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Scotland.] Sycamore maple (acer pseudo-platanus)

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1. List of paraphrases for "plane":

   aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, airliner, plan, jet, planes, air, avion, flight, fly, airline, planar, jetliner, warplane, level, airplanes, flying

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1. Marina Kondratyeva:

   Our plane was diverted to a different airport (an air force base outside London) and they said that 26 blonde spies had landed, and that was what all the press reported.

2. Ben Carson:

   We're not in the era now where you send, you know, big armies to fight or, you know, air forces. We're in a place where you use a jet plane as a missile to knock down buildings; where dirty bombs can be used to extinguish large numbers of people, there are lots of different techniques that you use -- cyber-attacks, attacking our electrical grid.

3. Lois Greste:

   It was pretty difficult to take it in, that this was really going to happen, but then a couple of hours later we got a call from Peter Greste to say that Peter Greste in the airport and about to hop onto the plane.

4. Butch Mohoi:

   I’m kind of just happy to be hack quick, everybody was just kind of, ‘Ah!’ and then it was over. A guy in the back of the plane started hollering right away, ‘I need help back here. I need help. I need medical help.’.

5. Shane Fitzsimmons:

   Tragically, there appear to be no survivors as a result of the crash down in the Snowy Monaro area, (The tanker) impacted heavily with the ground and initial reports are that there was a large fireball associated with the impact of the plane as it hit the ground. There is no indication at this stage of what's caused the accident.