What is another word for Fly?
Synonyms for Fly
flaɪfly
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
fly
Synonyms:
capitulate, cede, fail, fall, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yieldAntonyms:
beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst
Princeton's WordNet
flynoun
two-winged insects characterized by active flight
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchfultent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flapnoun
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly, fly sheetAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchfulfly, fly frontnoun
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly, fly sheetAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchfulfly, fly ballnoun
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly, fly sheetAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalertflyadjective
fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchfulflyverb
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
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unalert, unwatchful, unvigilantfly, wingverb
travel through the air; be airborne
"Man cannot fly"
Synonyms:
take flight, fly, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalertflyverb
move quickly or suddenly
"He flew about the place"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unwatchful, unvigilant, unalertfly, aviate, pilotverb
operate an airplane
"The pilot flew to Cuba"
Synonyms:
take flight, fly, vaporize, pilot, aviate, navigate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unwatchful, unalert, unvigilantflyverb
transport by aeroplane
"We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalertflyverb
cause to fly or float
"fly a kite"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchfulflyverb
be dispersed or disseminated
"Rumors and accusations are flying"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalertflyverb
change quickly from one emotional state to another
"fly into a rage"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unwatchful, unalert, unvigilantfly, fell, vanishverb
pass away rapidly
"Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
Synonyms:
take flight, drop, vaporize, pilot, aviate, disappear, flee, vanish, fell, strike down, go away, wing, cut down, flyAntonyms:
unwatchful, unalert, unvigilantflyverb
travel in an airplane
"she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchfulflyverb
display in the air or cause to float
"fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchfulflee, fly, take flightverb
run away quickly
"He threw down his gun and fled"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, fly, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, pilot, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchfulflyverb
travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unalert, unwatchful, unvigilantflyverb
hit a fly
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unalert, unwatchful, unvigilantvanish, fly, vaporizeverb
decrease rapidly and disappear
"the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
Synonyms:
take flight, disappear, vaporize, fly, aviate, vaporise, flee, zap, vanish, gasify, fell, evaporate, go away, pilot, wing, aerifyAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
flyverb
flyverb
flyverb
Synonyms:
burst, explode, be scattered, break in pieces, be broken to piecesflyverb
Synonyms:
flee, escape, decamp, abscond, make off, pack off, slip away, steal away, slink awayflyverb
flynoun
Synonyms:
winged insectflynoun
Synonyms:
fly-wheelflynoun
Synonyms:
compass card
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#868 | submit | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1826 | vol | |
#2061 | flight | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2806 | fly | |
#3169 | lose | |
#3447 | pilot | |
#3992 | flying | |
#4010 | plane | |
#4096 | wing | |
#4158 | rob | |
#4422 | navigate | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4538 | fell | |
#4557 | yield | |
#6803 | float | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#8683 | steal | |
#10204 | flies | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#12421 | disappear | |
#12529 | retire | |
#13714 | stealing | |
#19114 | glide | |
#19126 | soar | |
#19158 | flee | |
#19661 | resign | |
#20365 | hover | |
#25243 | zap | |
#26237 | skim | |
#27954 | vanish | |
#29516 | forfeit | |
#29929 | ascend | |
#32588 | fei | |
#47047 | succumb | |
#48650 | evaporate | |
#53653 | maggot | |
#66067 | cede | |
#66721 | vole | |
#113690 | smee | |
#119891 | vaporize | |
#131463 | capitulate | |
#194257 | abscond |
How to use Fly in a sentence?
For many people now who fly from the US to Asia, a lot of these flights go polar. These energetic particles, these radiation storms, when it hits Earth, these particles will slow down the magnetic field lines and concentrate in the high latitudes near the southern and northern pole.
I said, ‘Well, I don’t know anything about fly fishing, but I’d like to learn because it’s got to be better than arts and crafts,’ next thing you know, I’m sitting down and they had a vice in front of me, and all these guys knew what they were doing, and by the end of the night I had tied my first tie, which I’ve kept with me.
Once you achieve something, you make it easier for everyone, we proved we were not a bunch of dummies; that we could fly airplanes and we were capable of doing whatever everyone else does. Just the color of our skin was different.
You could send a small UAS system into a building, have it fly through the building able to autonomously show you where walls and threats are inside the building, multi-function.
We are a family airline and holiday company carrying millions of passengers every year, these are people who have chosen to take their well-earned summer breaks with us and we want them to have a wonderful time. Therefore, under no circumstances will we allow the disruptive few to spoil the experience for the majority of the fantastic customers that fly with us.
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