Synonyms for FLIGHT
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. flight

   A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

   If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

   Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

   In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   career, charge, course, line of achievement, passage, public life, race, rush

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. flight

   Synonyms:
   volitation, departure, escape, evasion, disappearance, flying, stampede, soaring, begin, fleeing, exodus

   Antonyms:
   recurrence, return, reappearance, perching, alighting, repose

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. flightnoun

   a formation of aircraft in flight

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

2. flight, flyingnoun

   an instance of traveling by air

   "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flying, flight of stairs

3. flight, flight of stairs, flight of stepsnoun

   a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flying, flight of stairs

4. escape, flightnoun

   the act of escaping physically

   "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

   Synonyms:
   relief valve, leakage, trajectory, evasion, dodging, escape, escape cock, flight of stairs, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, flying, flight of steps, escapism

5. flightnoun

   an air force unit smaller than a squadron

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

6. flightnoun

   passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

   "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

7. trajectory, flightnoun

   the path followed by an object moving through space

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flying, flight of stairs

8. flightnoun

   a flock of flying birds

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

9. flightverb

   a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

   "I took the noon flight to Chicago"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

10. flightverb

    shoot a bird in flight

    Synonyms:
    fledge

11. flightverb

    fly in a flock

    "flighting wild geese"

    Synonyms:
    fledge

12. fledge, flightverb

    decorate with feathers

    "fledge an arrow"

    Synonyms:
    flight, feather, fledge

Matched Categories

1. • Adorn
   • Air Travel
   • Air Unit
   • Creativity
   • Flock
   • Fly
   • Formation
   • Mechanical Phenomenon
   • Running Away
   • Shoot
   • Stairway

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   flying, soaring, mounting, volitation

2. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   fleeing, hasty departure

3. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   flock (of birds)

4. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   volley, shower

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   flying, exodus, hegira, fleeing, absconding

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1. List of paraphrases for "flight":

   vol, flights, flying, theft, vols, leak, leakage, robbery, plane, aviation, trip, escape, in-flight, aircraft, air, pilotage, exodus, brain, journey, fly, vol., stealing, fledging, navigant, stolen, airplane, airline, weasua, aeroplane

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How to use FLIGHT in a sentence?

1. Mark Kelly:

   What makes this exciting for me, this one-year flight is about the science and everything we're going to learn from expanding the envelope on the space station greater than what we've currently done.

2. Stewart Perry:

   To hear the reaction of the flight being delayed because of a Gold Star family, and the first class cabin booing that was really upsetting, and it made us cry some more.

3. Curt Hagman:

   Ontario International is one of the repatriation airports for the West Coast and we are always prepared to receive our citizens abroad in times of emergencies, we were prepared but The Department of State decided to switch the flight to March Air Force Base for logistics that they have.

4. Mark Kelly:

   My excitement is for the science and what we're going to learn on this nearly one-year flight.

5. Geoff LeBaron:

   This is a big flight.