Need another word that means the same as “flying”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “flying” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Flying” are: fast-flying, fast, quick, airborne, in the air, in flight, brief, short, lightning, fleeting, hasty, rushed, hurried, cursory, perfunctory, flight, aviation, air transport, aerial navigation, aeronautics
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flying” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| aerial navigation | A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. |
| aeronautics | The science or practice of building or flying aircraft. |
| air transport | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. |
| aviation | The aggregation of a country’s military aircraft. Two events launched the history of modern aviation. |
| flight | A formation of aircraft in flight. The enemy were now in flight. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flying” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| airborne | Moved or conveyed by or through air. The shuttle was airborne. |
| brief | Of short duration; not lasting for long. A brief stay in the country. |
| cursory | Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. A cursory glance at the figures. |
| fast | Performing or able to perform a particular action quickly. A fast reader. |
| fast-flying | Moving swiftly. |
| fleeting | Lasting for a very short time. For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a boy. |
| hasty | Done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes. Hasty makeshifts take the place of planning. |
| hurried | Done in a hurry; rushed. The hurried life of a city. |
| in flight | Currently fashionable. |
| in the air | Currently fashionable. |
| lightning | Very quick. Galloping across the country at lightning speed. |
| perfunctory | (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort. He gave a perfunctory nod. |
| quick | Moving quickly and lightly. We went to the pub for a quick drink. |
| rushed | Done or completed too hurriedly; hasty. I m too rushed to do it. |
| short | Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. Money is short. |
| airborne | (of an aircraft) in the air after taking off. The shuttle was airborne. |
| aircraft | An aeroplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight. |
| airplane | An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets. The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane. |
| airport | Relating to or denoting light popular fiction such as is offered for sale to travellers in airports. An airport thriller. |
| albatross | A source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. An albatross of a marriage. |
| bird | The flesh of a bird or fowl wild or domestic used as food. She s a sharp old bird. |
| cormorant | Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish. |
| egret | A heron with mainly white plumage, having long plumes in the breeding season. |
| fledged | (of an arrow) fitted with feathers. A newly fledged Detective Inspector. |
| flight | Shoot a bird in flight. Shafts of wood flighted with a handful of feathers. |
| flotilla | A small fleet of ships or boats. A flotilla of cargo boats. |
| fly | Cause to fly or float. I fly back to London this evening. |
| gull | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
| hangar | House an aircraft in a hangar. The army choppers that were hangared out at Springs. |
| helicopter | Fly somewhere in a helicopter. He was helicoptered out with a bleeding ulcer. |
| heron | Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill. |
| hover | Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. Keep the model in a stable hover. |
| levitate | Rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers. I swear to God he levitated over the bar. |
| moving | Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion- N. Hawthorne. The moving parts of the machine. |
| nest | Inhabit a nest usually after building. A nest of snipers. |
| overhead | A transparency for use with an overhead projector. Passengers get up to fiddle with their luggage in the overheads. |
| pilot | Be the pilot of an aircraft or ship. One day workshops for part time staff were piloted in June. |
| plane | Make even or smooth with or as with a carpenter s plane. Seagulls swooped and planed overhead. |
| quick | At a fast rate quickly. He was always quick to point out her faults. |
| spoonbill | Wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon. |
| tern | Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail. |
| volant | Represented as flying. A falcon volant. |
| warship | A ship equipped with weapons and designed to take part in warfare at sea. |
| wing | Travel on wings or by aircraft fly. The thought gave wings to her feet. |
| winged | Having wings for flight. Her winged spectacles. |
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