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Another word for flying

flying Synonyms

flying

modif.

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.

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Another word for flying

adjective

Accomplished in very little time:

brief, expeditious, fast, hasty, hurried, quick, rapid, short, speedy, swift. See fast

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Quinn says she's flying out here.
She turned to run, panic flying through her at the feral look he gave her.
Deidre's heart was flying at his nearness.
Her emotions were flying and intense.
As inconvenient as it would be, Betsy and I would continue to travel north each weekend, flying at Howie's expense.

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