PLANE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PLANE?

Need another word that means the same as “plane”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “plane” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Plane” are: planer, planing machine, aeroplane, airplane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane, sheet, flat surface, level surface, level, stage, degree, standard, stratum, flat, horizontal, even, flush, levelled, true, skim, shave, soar, glide, float, drift, wheel

Plane as a Noun

Definitions of "Plane" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “plane” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.
• A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood.
• An unbounded two-dimensional shape.
• A flat or level surface of a material object.
• An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
• A level of existence, thought, or development.
• A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
• A level of existence or development.
• (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape.
• A flat surface producing lift by the action of air or water over and under it.
• An imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects.

Synonyms of "Plane" as a noun (14 Words)

aeroplane	An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
airplane	A powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces; an aeroplane. The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane.
carpenter's plane	A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
degree	Each of a set of grades (usually three) used to classify burns according to their severity. A second degree burn.
flat surface	A deflated pneumatic tire.
level	(in a video game) each of a series of stages of increasing difficulty through which a player may progress, completing one stage in order to reach the next. A junior level of management.
level surface	Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid.
planer	A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
planing machine	A carpenter’s hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood.
sheet	A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper. Loch Affric is a lovely sheet of water among trees.
stage	A stagecoach. Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise.
standard	One of the inner petals of an iris flower, frequently erect. The system had become an industry standard.
stratum	A level or class to which people are assigned according to their social status, education, or income. A stratum of flint.
woodworking plane	Work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture.

Usage Examples of "Plane" as a noun

• Everything is connected on the spiritual plane.
• We will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane.
• The plane of his forehead.
• The horizontal plane.
• Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane.
• The cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work.
• He lived on a worldly plane.
• The planets orbit the sun in roughly the same plane.
• The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane.

Plane as a Verb

Definitions of "Plane" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “plane” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane.
• Cut or remove with or as if with a plane.
• (of a boat, surfboard, etc.) skim over the surface of water as a result of lift produced by hydrodynamic means.
• (of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.
• Travel on the surface of water.

Synonyms of "Plane" as a verb (7 Words)

drift	Be in motion due to some air or water current. Drift the boats downstream.
float	Set afloat. He floated the logs down the river.
glide	Fly in or as if in a glider plane. Slide your hands firmly across the shoulders then glide them down.
shave	Cut (a thin slice or slices) from the surface of something. The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood.
skim	Go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air. She skimmed through the newspaper.
soar	Increase rapidly above the usual level. The cost of living continued to soar.
wheel	Carry in or on a vehicle with wheels. The stars wheeled through the sky.

Usage Examples of "Plane" as a verb

• Seagulls swooped and planed overhead.
• Plane the top of the door.

Plane as an Adjective

Definitions of "Plane" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “plane” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Relating to only two-dimensional surfaces or magnitudes.
• Completely level or flat.
• Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another.

Synonyms of "Plane" as an adjective (7 Words)

even	Being level or straight or regular and without variation as e g in shape or texture or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else i e even with. The even rhythm of his breathing.
flat	Of something kept inflated especially a tyre having lost some or all of its air typically because of a puncture. A flat two dimensional painting.
flush	Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. A door flush with the wall.
horizontal	Of machinery having its parts working in a horizontal direction. Horizontal class loyalties.
level	Of the score in a contest. Spoke in a level voice.
levelled	Of the score in a contest.
true	Of a compass bearing measured relative to true north. A true note.

Usage Examples of "Plane" as an adjective

• A plane surface.
• Plane and solid geometry.

Associations of "Plane" (30 Words)

airborne	Moved or conveyed by or through air. The shuttle was airborne.
aircraft	A vehicle that can fly.
airliner	A commercial airplane that carries passengers.
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.
blimp	A fat person. I could work out four hours a day and still end up a blimp.
bombardier	A rank of non-commissioned officer in certain artillery regiments, equivalent to corporal.
cabin	Confine to a small space such as a cabin. Animals are not allowed in the cabin of the aircraft.
cockpit	The driver’s compartment in a racing car. Most conventional army training takes place on the cockpit of Salisbury Plain.
fighter	A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air. World War II fighter planes.
flight	Shoot a bird in flight. I climbed the three flights of stairs which led to his office.
flotilla	A small fleet of ships or boats. A flotilla of cargo boats.
fly	Release a bird to fly especially a hawk for hunting or a pigeon for racing. Rumours were flying around Manchester.
flying	Used in names of animals that can glide by using winglike membranes or other structures e g flying squirrel. Flying was still an exciting adventure for him.
gunner	A naval warrant officer in charge of a ship’s guns, gun crews, and ordnance stores.
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.
hijacking	Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force. He was involved in a hijacking in 1981.
jet	Fly a jet plane. Water jetted forth.
landing	The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface. The plane made a smooth landing.
levitate	Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. I swear to God he levitated over the bar.
maneuverable	Capable of maneuvering or changing position. A highly maneuverable ship.
moth	A clothes moth. I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths.
overhead	An overhead compartment especially on an aircraft. The sun was directly overhead.
passenger	A traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew. More than 50 passengers escaped injury when a train was derailed.
pilot	Be the pilot of an aircraft or ship. Melissa piloted her through the booking hall.
refuel	Provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars. The authorities agreed to refuel the plane.
stewardess	A woman employed to look after the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
terminal	Suffering from or relating to a terminal disease. A ferry terminal.