Antonyms for Fly
flaɪfly

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. fly2

   An act of flying.

   Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!

   Antonyms:
   stay, remain

   Synonyms:
   escape, flee, abscond

2. fly2

   A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants.

   Synonyms:
   aviate, ascend, float, soar, rise, glide, wing, hover, skim

   Antonyms:
   walk

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. fly

   Antonyms:
   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

   Synonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

Matched Categories

1. • Aviation
   • Baseball
   • Change
   • Decrease
   • Dipterous Insect
   • Elapse
   • Flap
   • Hit
   • Move
   • Opening
   • Operate
   • Run
   • Show
   • Transport
   • Travel

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. flynoun

   two-winged insects characterized by active flight

   Antonyms:
   unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful

   Synonyms:
   fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheet

2. tent-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

   Antonyms:
   unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful

   Synonyms:
   fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly, fly sheet

3. fly, fly frontnoun

   an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

   Antonyms:
   unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful

   Synonyms:
   fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly, fly sheet

4. fly, fly ballnoun

   (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

   Antonyms:
   unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert

   Synonyms:
   fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly, fly sheet

5. flyadjective

   fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

   Antonyms:
   unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful

   Synonyms:
   fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheet

6. flyverb

   (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

   Antonyms:
   unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant

7. fly, wingverb

   travel through the air; be airborne

   "Man cannot fly"

   Antonyms:
   unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert

   Synonyms:
   take flight, fly, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

8. flyverb

   move quickly or suddenly

   "He flew about the place"

   Antonyms:
   unwatchful, unvigilant, unalert

   Synonyms:
   take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

9. fly, aviate, pilotverb

   operate an airplane

   "The pilot flew to Cuba"

   Antonyms:
   unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant

   Synonyms:
   take flight, fly, vaporize, pilot, aviate, navigate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

10. flyverb

    transport by aeroplane

    "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"

    Antonyms:
    unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

11. flyverb

    cause to fly or float

    "fly a kite"

    Antonyms:
    unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

12. flyverb

    be dispersed or disseminated

    "Rumors and accusations are flying"

    Antonyms:
    unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

13. flyverb

    change quickly from one emotional state to another

    "fly into a rage"

    Antonyms:
    unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

14. fly, fell, vanishverb

    pass away rapidly

    "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

    Antonyms:
    unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant

    Synonyms:
    take flight, drop, vaporize, pilot, aviate, disappear, flee, vanish, fell, strike down, go away, wing, cut down, fly

15. flyverb

    travel in an airplane

    "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"

    Antonyms:
    unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

16. flyverb

    display in the air or cause to float

    "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

    Antonyms:
    unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

17. flee, fly, take flightverb

    run away quickly

    "He threw down his gun and fled"

    Antonyms:
    unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, fly, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, pilot, wing

18. flyverb

    travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

    "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"

    Antonyms:
    unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

19. flyverb

    hit a fly

    Antonyms:
    unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant

    Synonyms:
    take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wing

20. vanish, fly, vaporizeverb

    decrease rapidly and disappear

    "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

    Antonyms:
    unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful

    Synonyms:
    take flight, disappear, vaporize, fly, aviate, vaporise, flee, zap, vanish, gasify, fell, evaporate, go away, pilot, wing, aerify

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. flyadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) wide-awake, knowing

2. flyverb

   Synonyms:
   wing, soar, flit, mount, hover, decamp, abscond, flee

How to use Fly in a sentence?

1. Speaker Paul Ryan:

   A mid-level bureaucrat can put anybody on a no-fly list with no due process rights.

2. Robin Green:

   The Eagle wasn't always the Eagle. The Eagle, before he became the Eagle, was Yucatangee, the Talker. Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the Wolf. The Raven came and said The Wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly. So he stopped talking. And became its nature, the Eagle. The Eagle soared, and its flight said all it needed to say.

3. Emily Murphy:

   My church is going to do a bunch of activities over the summer, like meeting up for a hike, having a Bible study and prayer time before going fly-fishing together, for a long time, churches have said Christians should be where people live, and ministry should be done there. If anything, the pandemic has helped us get out of our church buildings more.

4. Daniel Tillias:

   Many people in Haiti refer to Cité Soleil as the trash place where all the dumps are, but... I see these kids with potential, with wings... waiting to fly. Waiting to be the next citizen that will change things in Haiti.

5. Zak Sutcliffe:

   There isn't a single 14-year-old I know who doesn't want to fly, ride a pirate ship and fight Stanley Tucci.

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