Synonyms for flying
ˈflaɪ ɪŋfly·ing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. flying

   Transient and transitory are both derived from the same original source (Latin trans, over, and eo, go), denoting that which quickly passes or is passing away, but there is between them a fine shade of difference. A thing is transient which in fact is not lasting; a thing is transitory which by its very nature must soon pass away; a thing is temporary (Latin tempus, time) which is intended to last or be made use of but a little while; as, a transient joy; this transitory life; a temporary chairman. Ephemeral (Greek epi, on, and hemera, day) literally lasting but for a day, often marks more strongly than transient exceeding brevity of duration; it agrees with transitory in denoting that its object is destined to pass away, but is stronger, as denoting not only its certain but its speedy extinction; thus that which is ephemeral is looked upon as at once slight and perishable, and the word carries often a suggestion of contempt; man's life is transitory, a butterfly's existence is ephemeral; with no solid qualities or worthy achievements a pretender may sometimes gain an ephemeral popularity. That which is fleeting is viewed as in the act of passing swiftly by, and that which is fugitive (Latin fugio, flee) as eluding attempts to detain it; that which is evanescent (Latin evanesco, from e, out, and vanus, empty, vain) as in the act of vanishing even while we gaze, as the hues of the sunset.

   Synonyms:
   brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, fugitive, momentary, passing, short, temporary, transient, transitory

   Antonyms:
   abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, undying, unfading

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. flight, flyingadjective

   an instance of traveling by air

   "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flight of stairs

   Antonyms:
   unmoving, unhurried, nonmoving

2. fast-flying, flyingadjective

   moving swiftly

   "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"

   Synonyms:
   fast-flying, quick, fast

   Antonyms:
   nonmoving, unhurried, unmoving

3. flying, quick, fastadjective

   hurried and brief

   "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

   Synonyms:
   ready, profligate, straightaway, debauched, riotous, prompt, speedy, fast, dissolute, libertine, truehearted, warm, quick, immobile, loyal, degraded, agile, fast(a), fast-flying, firm, dissipated, spry, degenerate, immediate, nimble

   Antonyms:
   unmoving, unhurried, nonmoving

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1. flyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   awing, volant, volitant, soaring

2. flyingnoun

   Synonyms:
   aviation, flight

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1. List of paraphrases for "flying":

   flight, vol, hovering, fei, steal, pilotage, stealing, flights, hover, aviation, fly, wheel, hovers, theft, in-flight, beating, flies, circling, plane, flyers, overflying

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1. Joerg Weigl:

   Because flying is now a community. People can now fly with a jetliner, but the feeling of flying got lost on the way. So 'Snowstorm' is our multi-copter where you can get the feeling of flying back, the feeling of flying to anybody who wants to fly.

2. Hiram Stevens Maxim:

   But I do not think the flying machine will ever be used for ordinary traffic and for what may be called "popular" purposes. People who write about the conditions under which the business and pleasure of the world will be carried on in another hundred years generally make flying machines take the place of railways and steamers, but that such will ever be the case I very much doubt.

3. Ahti Heinla:

   It's safer than a flying drone. People actually do not like low flying drones, especially when they are flying over their backyard and it's a buzzing, flying machine. If it's doing a delivery for you maybe it's okay, but of it's doing a delivery for somebody else, you know, people don't like that. People don't like other machines flying over their backyard where their children are playing. So there's huge social acceptance problems with the robots, with the robots that are flying. But not so much for the robots that are land-based, and safe, and look cute.

4. Ronald Reagan:

   Die-hard conservatives thought that if I couldn't get everything I asked for, I should jump off the cliff with the flag flying-go down in flames. No, if I can get 70 or 80 percent of what it is I'm trying to get ... I'll take that and then continue to try to get the rest in the future.

5. Beth Kluttz:

   She thought she would impress the military by taking flying lessons. She had about 200 flying hours in, and flying a Piper Cub, and she thought that would impress the military and the Marine Corps, but when she got in there, they just put her behind the desk.