FLY Synonyms

• operate an airplane

• run away quickly

• get lost, as without warning or explanation

• become invisible or unnoticeable

• pass away rapidly

• cease to exist

• decrease rapidly and disappear

• a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

• one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane

• a stage area out of sight of the audience

• a unit of military aircraft

• the side of military or naval formation

• a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side

• (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft

• a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function

• the wing of a fowl

• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

• an addition that extends a main building

• travel through the air; be airborne

• run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

• travel up

• go back in order of genealogical succession

• become king or queen

• appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

• go along towards (a river's) source

• slope upwards

• come up, of celestial bodies

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot

• a tapered tuck made in dressmaking

• a sudden quick movement

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• move with sudden speed

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

• the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

• seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

• the act of felling something (as a tree)

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• pass away rapidly

• sew a seam by folding the edges

• a sudden quick movement

• a secret move (to avoid paying debts)

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

• the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

• a drink with ice cream floating in it

• an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

• a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

• something that floats on the surface of water

• an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

• be in motion due to some air or water current

• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

• set afloat

• circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

• move lightly, as if suspended

• put into the water

• make the surface of level or smooth

• allow (currencies) to fluctuate

• convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

• a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

• the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

• the activity of flying a glider

• move smoothly and effortlessly

• fly in or as if in a glider plane

• cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

• be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

• a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

• overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

• the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

• move very fast

• act at high speed

• urge to an unnatural speed

• someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

• a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

• a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

• operate an airplane

• act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

• flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

• reading or glancing through quickly

• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

• travel on the surface of water

• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

• examine hastily

• cause to skip over a surface

• coat (a liquid) with a layer

• remove from the surface

• read superficially

• the act of rising upward into the air

• rise rapidly

• fly by means of a hang glider

• fly upwards or high in the sky

• go or move upward

• fly a plane without an engine

• flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent