Synonyms for flying

soaring, floating, airborne, in flight, gliding, winging, swooping, darting, flitting, plummeting, zooming, cruising, drifting, fluttering, hovering, blowing, on the wing, volant, volitant, winged, avian, rising, fleeting, swift, jet-propelled, in mid-air, air-minded, Icarian.

Antonyms earthbound, sinking, crawling.