FLIGHT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

ˈflīt

Definition of flight

as in flying

travel through the air by the use of wings for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds

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as in escape

the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt

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The grandfather became an activist-anthropologist dedicated to recovering native languages in Mexico, a calling linked to his flight from a Catalonia where Franco’s regime suppressed languages other than Castillian Spanish. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 The flight was headed to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. — Benjamin Stein, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Our passing usually rattled grasshoppers into careening flight. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Travel isn’t a race, and there's no prize for being the first person to board a flight. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flight

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Michelle Stoddart–Pool Russell explained that flying is usually deemed the safest way to transport a President because airspaces are normally severely restricted for Air Force One to pass by.

— Philip Wang, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
There is even a broom-making workshop, though flying lessons are not a part of it.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

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