Airplane synonyms
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(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
airplanes (related)
A machine or device, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or dirigible, capable of atmospheric flight.
A light engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult.
(Slang, auto racing) Aerodynamics
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The definition of an ambulance is a vehicle that is used for the transportation of ill or injured individuals to a hospital or other medical facility.
convertiplane
An aircraft designed to take off and land vertically like a helicopter but to fly forward in level flight like a conventional airplane
airship (related)
triplane
An airplane with wings placed above each other in three levels.
autogyro (related)
rocket-powered (related)
cargo-plane (related)
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unpiloted (related)
open-cockpit (related)
One who makes and sets off bombs.
A tool for cutting or trimming
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A gyrocompass.
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Any of a series of Russian fighter aircraft using piston and later jet engines, such as the MiG 15, an interceptor used during the Korean War, and the MiG 21, exported around the world during the 1970s.
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A ship, airplane, train, etc. used to transport soldiers, freight, etc.
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An aircraft, usually other than a helicopter, that can take off and land vertically
airfreighter
mailplane
monoplace
An airplane or glider with only one main supporting surface, or pair of wings
ornithopter
A machine shaped like an aircraft that is held aloft and propelled by wing movements.
ski plane
An airplane equipped with skis for landing on or taking off from a snow-covered surface.
trainer-fighter
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Find another word for airplane. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for airplane, like: plane, airliner, aeroplane, airplanes, aircraft, glider, aero, ambulance, convertiplane, airship and triplane.