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flee
action, leave
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wing
move, stampede
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rush
movement, action
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pilot
drive, navigate
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float
flutter, move
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speed
movement, move
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run
move, leave
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dash
movement, move
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glide
time, sail
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shoot
race, rush
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flutter
activity, repetition
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aviate
pilot, take to the air
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race
movement, rush
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bolt
movement, rush
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flit
activity, shoot
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soar
activity, take wing
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pass
go, time
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hasten
race, rush
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flap
flutter, activity
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take flight
leave, escape
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scoot
rush, belt
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escape
action, leave
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hover
activity, sail
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hurry
race, take to the air
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sail
take wing, take to the air
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jet
navigate, go by air
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take off
take, leave
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dart
action, race
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run away
flee, free
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decamp
flee, free
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vanish
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zip
belt, hiss
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wave
flutter, repetition
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navigate
pilot, go
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abscond
flee, free
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go
run, pass by
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zoom
race, take to the air
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tear
belt, run or pass swiftly
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barrel
clip, run or pass swiftly
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skim
sail, take to the air
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as in to hover
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
the Wright brothers realized mankind’s age-old wish to fly
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as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
you must fly to safety immediately
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as in to travel
to proceed or move quickly
flew down the concourse to catch his flight
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as in to flee
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police
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as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the morning mist had flown, and a sparkling sea lay before us
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as in to pass
to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval
the familiar «Because I said so!» is a reason that won’t fly with most teenagers
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Table Of Contents:
- Fly as a Noun
- Definitions of «Fly» as a noun
- Synonyms of «Fly» as a noun (6 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Fly» as a noun
- Fly as a Verb
- Definitions of «Fly» as a verb
- Synonyms of «Fly» as a verb (92 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Fly» as a verb
- Associations of «Fly» (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Fly” are: fell, vanish, vaporize, wing, flee, take flight, aviate, pilot, travel through the air, wing its way, glide, soar, wheel, go by air, travel by air, go by plane, travel by plane, jet, operate, control, manoeuvre, steer, guide, direct, navigate, transport by air, transport by plane, airlift, lift, flutter, flap, wave, blow, waft, float, stream, display, show, exhibit, race, hurry, hasten, flash, dash, dart, rush, shoot, speed, hurtle, streak, spank along, whirl, whizz, go like lightning, go hell for leather, whoosh, buzz, zoom, swoop, blast, charge, go quickly, fly by, fly past, pass swiftly, slip past, rush past, run, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, be gone, make off, take off, take to one’s heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat, make a quick exit, make one’s getaway, escape, absent oneself, make oneself scarce, abscond, head for the hills, do a disappearing act, run away from, leave abruptly, leave hastily, escape from, fly sheet, rainfly, tent-fly, tent flap, fly front, fly ball
Fly as a Noun
Definitions of «Fly» as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fly” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- An attempt.
- Fisherman’s lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect.
- The space over the stage in a theatre.
- Two-winged insects characterized by active flight.
- A hit that flies up in the air.
- Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent.
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air.
- A flap of material covering the opening or fastening of a garment or of a tent.
- An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth.
- A one-horse hackney carriage.
- An opening at the crotch of a pair of trousers, closed with a zip or buttons and typically covered with a flap.
Synonyms of «Fly» as a noun (6 Words)
fly ball | Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent. |
fly front | An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth. |
fly sheet | Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent. |
rainfly | The flysheet of a tent. |
tent flap | A web that resembles a tent or carpet. |
tent-fly | Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent. |
Usage Examples of «Fly» as a noun
- We decided to give it a fly.
Fly as a Verb
Definitions of «Fly» as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fly” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Control the flight of (an aircraft.
- Move or be hurled quickly through the air.
- Depart hastily.
- Change quickly from one emotional state to another.
- Travel in an airplane.
- Wave or flutter in the wind.
- (with reference to a flag) display or be displayed on a flagpole.
- Transport by aeroplane.
- Be dispersed or disseminated.
- Cause to fly or float.
- Release (a bird) to fly, especially a hawk for hunting or a pigeon for racing.
- Hit a fly.
- Operate an airplane.
- Run away quickly.
- Decrease rapidly and disappear.
- (of a report) be circulated swiftly and widely.
- Hit a ball high into the air.
- (of accusations or insults) be exchanged swiftly and heatedly.
- (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings.
- Pass away rapidly.
- Run away; flee.
- Be successful.
- (of time) pass swiftly.
- Accomplish (a purpose) in an aircraft.
- Display in the air or cause to float.
- Travel through the air; be airborne.
- Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft.
- Transport in an aircraft.
- Escape from in haste; flee from.
- Move quickly or suddenly.
- Go or move quickly.
- (of an aircraft or its occupants) travel through the air.
Synonyms of «Fly» as a verb (92 Words)
abscond | (of a person on bail) fail to surrender oneself for custody at the appointed time. The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe. |
absent oneself | Go away or leave. |
airlift | Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means. Helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger. |
aviate | Operate an airplane. There are fewer opportunities to aviate in winter. |
be gone | Form or compose. |
beat a hasty retreat | Make by pounding or trampling. |
beat a retreat | Move with a flapping motion. |
blast | Force or throw (something) in a specified direction by impact or explosion. Fierce techno riffs blasted out from the sound system. |
blow | Free of obstruction by blowing air through. It took him maybe five choruses to warm up but then he could really blow. |
bolt | Secure or lock with a bolt. The lid was bolted down. |
buzz | Call with a buzzer. Within an hour every department was buzzing with the news. |
charge | File a formal charge against. They were charged with assault. |
control | Exercise authoritative control or power over. Control the budget. |
dart | Move along rapidly and lightly skim or dart. He darted the leopard with a long acting anaesthetic. |
dash | Come into forceful contact with something. I won t tell Stuart I think he d be dashed. |
direct | Plan and direct a complex undertaking. Can you direct me to the railway station please. |
display | Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing of animals. The palace used to display a series of tapestries. |
do a disappearing act | Travel or traverse (a distance. |
escape | Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. A baby boy narrowly escaped death. |
escape from | Run away from confinement. |
exhibit | Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. Only one sculpture was exhibited in the artist s lifetime. |
fell | Sew a seam by folding the edges. |
flap | Move with a flapping motion. Gulls flapped around uttering their strange cries. |
flash | Gleam or glow intermittently. The headlines flashed on the screen. |
flee | Run away from a place or situation of danger. He was forced to flee the country. |
float | Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation. Float a ship. |
flutter | Move with a light irregular or trembling motion. The seagulls fluttered overhead. |
fly by | Hit a fly. |
fly past | Travel in an airplane. |
glide | Make an unpowered flight either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure. A few gondolas glided past. |
go by air | To be spent or finished. |
go by plane | Follow a certain course. |
go hell for leather | Blend or harmonize. |
go like lightning | Be in the right place or situation. |
go quickly | Be abolished or discarded. |
guide | Use as a guide. He guided her to the front row and sat beside her. |
hasten | Be quick to do something. We hastened back to Paris. |
head for the hills | Remove the head of. |
hurry | Do or finish (something) quickly or too quickly. Hurry up and finish your meal. |
hurtle | Move with or as if with a rushing sound. A runaway car hurtled towards them. |
jet | Travel by jet aircraft. Water jetted forth. |
leave abruptly | Have left or have as a remainder. |
leave hastily | Transmit (knowledge or skills. |
lift | (of a cloud, fog, etc.) move upwards or away. This is a hackneyed adventure lifted straight from a vintage Lassie episode. |
make a break for it | Charge with a function; charge to be. |
make a quick exit | Eliminate urine. |
make a run for it | Engage in. |
make off | Be or be capable of being changed or made into. |
make one’s getaway | Put in order or neaten. |
make oneself scarce | Put in order or neaten. |
manoeuvre | Act in order to achieve a certain goal. She tried to manoeuvre her trolley round people. |
navigate | (of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by planning a route and map reading. Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip. |
operate | Happen. Do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol. |
pass swiftly | Place into the hands or custody of. |
pilot | Be the pilot of an aircraft or ship. Melissa piloted her through the booking hall. |
race | Prepare and enter an animal or vehicle for races. Let s race and see who gets there first. |
run | Run as a sport or for exercise. These dresses run small. |
run away | Make without a miss. |
run away from | Sail before the wind. |
run for it | Compete in a race. |
run off | Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. |
rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. I don t want to rush you into something. |
rush past | Act or move at high speed. |
shoot | Shoot game over an estate or other area of countryside. Claudia felt a pain shoot through her chest. |
show | Show in or as in a picture. ITV showed The Enforcer on Saturday night. |
slip past | Pass on stealthily. |
soar | Fly upwards or high in the sky. The stock market soared after the cease fire was announced. |
spank along | Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking. |
speed | Of a motorist travel at a speed that is greater than the legal limit. May God speed you. |
steer | Be a guiding or motivating force or drive. He let Lily steer. |
streak | Cover a surface with streaks. The plane streaked across the sky. |
stream | (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction. Tears streamed down her face. |
swoop | Seize with a swooping motion. Armed police swooped on a flat after a tip off. |
take flight | Buy, select. |
take off | Receive or obtain regularly. |
take to one’s heels | Receive or obtain regularly. |
transport by air | Send from one person or place to another. |
transport by plane | Hold spellbound. |
travel by air | Undertake a journey or trip. |
travel by plane | Undertake a journey or trip. |
travel through the air | Undergo transportation as in a vehicle. |
vanish | Decrease rapidly and disappear. The money vanished in las Vegas. |
vaporize | Convert or be converted into vapour. All my stock assets have vaporized. |
waft | Blow gently. Sounds wafted into the room. |
wave | Set waves in. He waved her back. |
wheel | Carry in or on a vehicle with wheels. Luke was wheeling a barrow. |
whirl | Fly around. The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy. |
whizz | Move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound. Cobbled streets where people whizzed back and forth on bicycles. |
whoosh | Move with a whooshing sound. A train whooshed by. |
wing | Travel on wings or by aircraft fly. The prize will be winging its way to you soon. |
wing its way | Travel through the air; be airborne. |
zoom | Cause a lens or camera to zoom in or out. You can enlarge a region of the screen by zooming in. |
Usage Examples of «Fly» as a verb
- You must fly the country for a while.
- The evening had just flown by.
- We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America.
- Man cannot fly.
- Rumors and accusations are flying.
- Rumours were flying around Manchester.
- Helicopters flew the injured to hospital.
- I fly back to London this evening.
- Vessels which flew the Spanish flag.
- Pilots trained to fly combat missions.
- Are we driving or flying?
- The birds fly away.
- The bird can fly enormous distances.
- He flied out to the left field.
- Flags were flying at half mast.
- She is flying to Cincinnati tonight.
- His fingertips flew across the keyboard.
- Fly into a rage.
- I can’t fly my hawk for the final because he is too heavy.
- She ran after him, her hair flying behind her.
- He was sent flying by the tackle.
- Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic.
- Those that fly may fight again.
- I must fly!
- Balls kept flying over her hedge.
- The accusations flew thick and fast.
- That idea didn’t fly with most other council members.
- Today the hawks are being flown at partridge.
- She flew along the path.
- Close the door or the moths will fly in.
- All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.
- He flew Hurricanes in the war.
- Fly a kite.
Associations of «Fly» (30 Words)
aeronaut | A traveller in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft. |
airman | A member of the US navy whose general duties are concerned with aircraft. |
aviator | A pair of aviator sunglasses. He has a short grey beard and wears a flannel shirt jeans and aviator glasses. |
bee | An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs including many solitary as well as social kinds. A sewing bee. |
bug | An enthusiastic interest in something. She fears that her conversations were bugged. |
butterfly | Having a two lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly. Butterfly the shrimp using a small sharp knife. |
buzz | Call with a buzzer. Bees were buzzing around the hive. |
chirp | Speak to (someone) in a taunting way. Good morning chirped Alex. |
cockroach | Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests. |
croon | Say in a soft, low voice. Goodbye you lovely darling she crooned. |
dragonfly | Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
flap | An act of flapping something typically a wing or arm up and down or from side to side. He wrote on the flap of the envelope. |
flea | Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap. |
fledged | (of a person or thing) having just taken on the role specified. A newly fledged Detective Inspector. |
grasshopper | A plant-eating insect with long hind legs which are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound, frequenting grassy places and low vegetation. |
housefly | Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases. |
hum | Sound with a monotonous hum. She hummed a melody. |
hustle | Pressure or urge someone into an action. They were hissed and hustled as they went in. |
levitate | Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. I swear to God he levitated over the bar. |
mosquito | Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals. |
moth | A clothes moth. I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths. |
pilot | Be the pilot of an aircraft or ship. The crash had been due to pilot error. |
pterodactyl | (in general use) any pterosaur. |
pterosaur | A fossil flying reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, with membranous wings supported by a greatly lengthened fourth finger. |
A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds. The swallows were settling to roost with a good deal of twittering. |
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volant | (of an animal) able to fly or glide. A falcon volant. |
warble | A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly. He warbled in an implausible soprano. |
wasp | A solitary winged insect with a narrow waist mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds. |
wing | Shoot a bird in the wing so as to prevent flight without causing death. One bird was winged for every bird killed. |
winged | Having wings for flight. On winged feet. |
- circle
- climb
- cross
- drift
- float
- flutter
- glide
- operate
- pilot
- reach
- rush
- sail
- shoot
- speed
- swoop
- take off
- travel
- aviate
- barnstorm
- buzz
- circumnavigate
- control
- dart
- dash
- dive
- flat-hat
- fleet
- flit
- hop
- hover
- hurry
- jet
- maneuver
- mount
- scud
- skim
- skirt
- soar
- whisk
- whiz
- whoosh
- wing
- zip
- zoom
- bend the throttle
- jet out
- jet over
- remain aloft
- sky out
- take a hop
- take flight
- take wing
- wing in
- flee
- glide
- pass
- race
- rush
- shoot
- speed
- barrel
- bolt
- breeze
- career
- dart
- dash
- elapse
- flit
- hasten
- hurry
- hustle
- roll
- scamper
- scoot
- sprint
- tear
- whiz
- zoom
- go like the wind
- make off
- run its course
- slip away
- break
- disappear
- run
- take off
- withdraw
- abscond
- avoid
- bolt
- clear
- decamp
- hide
- hightail
- skedaddle
- skip
- clear out
- cut and run
- get away
- hasten away
- light out
- make a getaway
- make a quick exit
- make off
- run for it
- run from
- steal away
- take flight
- boss
- dapper
- fashionable
- in
- natty
- smart
- stylish
- swell
- trendy
- swank
On this page you’ll find 271 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fly, such as: circle, climb, cross, drift, float, and flutter.
- slow
- dally
- dawdle
- decelerate
- delay
- procrastinate
- wait
- walk
- remain
- stay
- confront
- face
- arrive
- obey
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WORDS RELATED TO FLY
- airdrop
- fly
- arise
- climb
- escalate
- float
- fly
- lift off
- mount
- move up
- rise
- scale
- soar
- sprout
- take off
- tower
- arose
- climbed
- escalated
- flew
- floated
- lifted off
- mounted
- moved up
- rose
- scaled
- soared
- sprouted
- took off
- towered
- abscond
- bail out
- bound
- cop out
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- ditch
- drop out
- dump
- escape
- flee
- fly
- hightail
- hotfoot
- hurtle
- jump
- kiss goodbye
- leap
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in the lurch
- make a break for it
- make off
- make tracks
- opt out
- run like scared rabbit
- run out on
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- split
- spring
- sprint
- start
- startle
- step on it
- take flight
- take off
- walk out on
- awesome
- bang-up
- capital
- champion
- excellent
- fine
- first-rate
- fly
- top
- whiz-bang
- wonderful
- abscond
- bust out
- clear out
- cut and run
- dash
- decamp
- escape
- flee
- fly
- get away
- get out
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes
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fly2
An act of flying.
Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
Synonyms:
escape, flee, abscondAntonyms:
stay, remain -
fly2
A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants.
Synonyms:
aviate, ascend, float, soar, rise, glide, wing, hover, skimAntonyms:
walk
English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes
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fly
Synonyms:
capitulate, cede, fail, fall, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yieldAntonyms:
beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes
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flynoun
two-winged insects characterized by active flight
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful -
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flapnoun
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful -
fly, fly frontnoun
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful -
fly, fly ballnoun
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert -
flyadjective
fisherman’s lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
Synonyms:
fly ball, tent-fly, rainfly, tent flap, fly front, fly sheetAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful -
flyverb
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
Antonyms:
unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant -
fly, wingverb
travel through the air; be airborne
«Man cannot fly»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert -
flyverb
move quickly or suddenly
«He flew about the place»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unwatchful, unvigilant, unalert -
fly, aviate, pilotverb
operate an airplane
«The pilot flew to Cuba»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, navigate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant -
flyverb
transport by aeroplane
«We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert -
flyverb
cause to fly or float
«fly a kite»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful -
flyverb
be dispersed or disseminated
«Rumors and accusations are flying»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unwatchful, unalert -
flyverb
change quickly from one emotional state to another
«fly into a rage»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant -
fly, fell, vanishverb
pass away rapidly
«Time flies like an arrow»; «Time fleeing beneath him»
Synonyms:
take flight, drop, vaporize, pilot, aviate, disappear, flee, vanish, fell, strike down, go away, wing, cut downAntonyms:
unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant -
flyverb
travel in an airplane
«she is flying to Cincinnati tonight»; «Are we driving or flying?»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful -
flyverb
display in the air or cause to float
«fly a kite»; «All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unvigilant, unalert, unwatchful -
flee, fly, take flightverb
run away quickly
«He threw down his gun and fled»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, pilot, wingAntonyms:
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flyverb
travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
«Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic»
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant -
flyverb
hit a fly
Synonyms:
take flight, vaporize, pilot, aviate, flee, vanish, fell, wingAntonyms:
unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant -
vanish, fly, vaporizeverb
decrease rapidly and disappear
«the money vanished in las Vegas»; «all my stock assets have vaporized»
Synonyms:
take flight, disappear, vaporize, aviate, vaporise, flee, zap, vanish, gasify, fell, evaporate, go away, pilot, wing, aerifyAntonyms:
unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful
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flyverb
Synonyms:
soar, mount, hover, take wing -
flyverb
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flutter, float, wave, undulate -
flyverb
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burst, explode, be scattered, break in pieces, be broken to pieces -
flyverb
Synonyms:
flee, escape, decamp, abscond, make off, pack off, slip away, steal away, slink away -
flyverb
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pass, elapse, slip, glide, flit, roll on, flow on -
flynoun
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winged insect -
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flynoun
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compass card
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List of paraphrases for «fly»:
steal, smee, stealing, fei, flies, rob, flying, flight, flee, vole, plane, steai, hover, vol, maggot
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Supreme Court:
Establishing standing does not require that a litigant fly as a canary into a coal mine before she may enforce her rights.
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Oscar Isaac:
He said ‘I didn’t really know how to fly back then, I was just flying around, just faking it, it’s in space, you don’t really need to know how to do it,’.
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Corrections Director Bryan Stirling:
We believe that a drone was used to fly in the tools that allowed Jimmy Causey to escape.
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Phyllis McGinley:
Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.
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Christopher Jones:
I’ve always wanted to have the feeling of flight, so I just thought, considering I can’t fly a plane due to my condition, I thought I’d give it a go.
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Pronunciation:
[ flˈa͡ɪ], [ flˈaɪ], [ f_l_ˈaɪ]
Related words: fly-fishing hat, fishing fly hat, best fishing hat, big fishing hat, fly fishing headgear, fly fishing caps, fly fishing shirt
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Synonyms for Fly:
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- fly.
• boss (adjective)
- most whiz-bang,
- more bang up,
- more whiz-bang,
- most whiz bang,
- whiz bang,
- more whiz bang,
- first rate,
- firstrate,
- flyest,
- bangup,
- top-pest,
- most bangup,
- most whizbang,
- more bangup,
- most bang up,
- most bang-up.
• capital (adjective)
- de-luxe,
- most world-class,
- most first rate,
- fivestar,
- most worldclass,
- more fivestar,
- more five-star,
- most famous,
- most fivestar,
- top notch,
- most five star,
- more world-class,
- worldclass,
- famous,
- five star,
- de lightful,
- de-lightful,
- most world class,
- top pest,
- more worldclass,
- topnotch,
- more world class,
- De Luxe,
- more five star,
- most five-star.
• dandy (adjective)
- more hunkydory,
- most hunky-dory,
- most paragon,
- most hunky dory,
- most hunkydory,
- more hunky dory,
- more paragon.
• fashionable (adjective)
- a go go,
- faddy,
- most in-thing,
- in,
- trendsetting,
- most wellliked,
- all the rage,
- in-thing,
- stylish,
- faddiest,
- more in thing,
- inthing,
- in thing,
- swank,
- well-liked,
- pre vailing,
- nower,
- more in-thing,
- a gogo,
- most in thing,
- nowest,
- most upscale,
- most well liked,
- more trendsetting,
- more well-liked,
- wellliked,
- in style,
- faddier,
- all rage,
- more inthing,
- a go-go,
- well liked,
- more well liked,
- most inthing,
- up-scale,
- Tony,
- most trendsetting,
- upscale,
- trig.
• in (adjective)
- up the minute,
- up to minute,
- up minute.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- hunky-dory,
- up to the minute,
- firstclass,
- smart,
- well turned out,
- whizbang,
- trendy,
- five-star,
- hunky dory,
- well turned-out,
- in fashion,
- bang up,
- world class,
- class,
- in good taste,
- dressed to kill,
- fashionable,
- sup rior,
- with style,
- world-class,
- dandy,
- first class,
- boss,
- sound,
- bang-up.
• smart (adjective)
- dressed kill,
- well turnedout.
• sound (adjective)
- re-cognized,
- holding water,
- holding wash,
- re liablest,
- re-liablest,
- holding up wash,
- all there,
- GOEST,
- hanging together,
- standing up,
- re-liabler,
- re liabler,
- re-liable,
- holding in wash,
- more proven,
- re cognized.
• stylish (adjective)
- most voguish,
- in the mainstream,
- high class,
- dressed to the teeth,
- most uptown,
- dressed the teeth,
- dressed to teeth,
- more uptown,
- highclass,
- dressed teeth,
- more voguish,
- voguish,
- uptown,
- dappest,
- up town,
- up to date,
- up-town.
• superior (adjective)
- capital.
• trendy (adjective)
- more with it,
- most with-it,
- withit,
- most with it,
- most withit,
- with-it,
- more withit.
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n.
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•
- dash off,
- shoot off,
- abandon,
- clear off.
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•
- accompanied baggage,
- baggage allowance,
- hoist,
- air mile,
- airfare,
- baggage storage,
- baggage check,
- airline,
- AIRLINK,
- air rage,
- aerial,
- boost.
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•
- climb,
- weed,
- ditch,
- down,
- come down,
- lure,
- bank,
- captain,
- eject.
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•
- brood,
- cry,
- chatter,
- cheep,
- caw,
- coo,
- alight,
- beat,
- chirp.
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•
- bloodsucker,
- repetition,
- beetle.
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•
- bib,
- care label,
- breast pocket,
- buttonhole,
- bodice,
- collar,
- arm,
- armhole,
- coattails.
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•
- pelt,
- trot,
- baseball,
- ball,
- ball boy,
- ball girl,
- batboy,
- ballpark,
- baseline,
- scour,
- at-bat,
- base.
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•
- baulk,
- explosion.
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•
- surge,
- be quick on your feet,
- charge,
- outpace.
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•
- camper,
- campground,
- camp,
- camp bed,
- camper van,
- bivouac,
- campfire,
- camp out.
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•
- in the teeth of something,
- drift,
- blow off,
- stir,
- blow away.
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•
- dive,
- leap,
- vault,
- hurdle,
- spring,
- bound,
- hop.
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•
- function,
- bear fruit,
- work,
- work out,
- prosper,
- shape up,
- come off,
- develop,
- take off.
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•
- go through,
- occur to,
- enter your mind/head,
- think,
- cross someone’s mind,
- dawn,
- occupy.
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•
- present itself,
- gather pace,
- strike,
- supervene,
- take/catch someone by surprise,
- sneak up,
- drop/fall into/land in someone’s lap,
- turn up.
• alert (noun)
- alert.
• aviate (noun)
- aviate.
• break away (noun)
- break.
• canvas (noun)
- awning cloths,
- tentings.
• fell (noun)
- fell.
• flap (noun)
- pendulosities,
- over lap,
- over-lap,
- over laps,
- over-laps.
• fly (noun)
- tent-fly,
- fly ball,
- fly sheet,
- fly front,
- tent flap.
• insect (noun)
- cicada,
- moth,
- bee,
- firefly,
- ant,
- tiger moth,
- gadfly,
- locust,
- spider,
- daddy longlegs,
- scarab,
- bluebottle,
- boll weevil,
- wasp,
- bookworm,
- black widow,
- louse,
- bedbug,
- flea,
- Horntail,
- scorpion,
- may fly,
- nit,
- mosquito,
- gnat,
- praying mantis,
- tick,
- earwig,
- aphid,
- housefly,
- stinkbug,
- millipede,
- dung beetle,
- fruit fly,
- yellow jacket,
- blowfly,
- botfly,
- chinch,
- deer fly,
- tsetse fly,
- cockroach,
- cricket,
- silverfish,
- termite,
- grasshopper,
- midge,
- mite,
- June Bug,
- mantis,
- chigger,
- katydid,
- butterfly,
- horsefly,
- tarantula,
- dragonfly,
- ladybug.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- fisherman’s lure,
- Foxes,
- centipede,
- dipterous insect,
- tenting,
- swishes,
- flap,
- tippets,
- bug,
- sailcloth,
- hangings,
- awning cloth,
- Pendulosity,
- HIT,
- canvas,
- lapel,
- arthropod,
- dipteran,
- centipedes,
- hiss,
- tippet,
- opening,
- fish lure,
- pendants,
- fox,
- Rodents,
- pendant,
- movement,
- animal,
- rodent,
- dipteron,
- lapels,
- two-winged insects,
- striking,
- TARPS,
- sailcloths,
- queue,
- insect,
- whir,
- tarp,
- hitting.
• pest (noun)
- vermin.
• take flight (noun)
- flight.
• vermin (noun)
- lices,
- mices.
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v.
• airlift (verb)
- airdropped,
- airdropping.
• ascend (verb)
- moves up,
- moving up,
- lifting off,
- lifted off,
- lifts off.
• bolt (verb)
- leaved holding the bag,
- makes a break for it,
- leave high dry,
- left flat,
- made a break for it,
- kissed goodbye,
- leaved flat,
- left high and dry,
- making break for it,
- making tracks,
- leaving high dry,
- leaving high and dry,
- left holding the bag,
- leaves high and dry,
- steps on it,
- kissing goodbye,
- leaved holding bag,
- made tracks,
- runs out on,
- steps it,
- made break for it,
- leave the lurch,
- leaving holding bag,
- takes flight,
- makes tracks,
- leaves holding the bag,
- makes break for it,
- leaves flat,
- left high dry,
- left holding bag,
- leave lurch,
- leaved high and dry,
- runs like scared rabbit,
- ran like scared rabbit,
- stepped on it,
- leaves holding bag,
- kisses goodbye,
- make break for it,
- stepping on it,
- making a break for it,
- running like scared rabbit,
- stepped it,
- leaving flat,
- stepping it,
- ran out on,
- leaves high dry,
- leave holding bag,
- leaved high dry,
- leaving holding the bag.
• break (verb)
- de-camped,
- cut run,
- de camp,
- busts out,
- de-camp,
- cutting and run,
- cutting run,
- de camping,
- de camped,
- cuts run,
- de camps,
- busting out,
- busted out,
- cuts and run,
- de-camps,
- de-camping,
- gat away.
• break away (verb)
- parted company,
- parting company,
- parts company.
• dart (verb)
- moving quickly.
• dash (verb)
- gotten it,
- gat it,
- made run for it,
- make snappy,
- gets on it,
- make run for it,
- making it snappy,
- got on it,
- gotten on it,
- makes snappy,
- getting on it,
- making run for it,
- rushing at,
- made it snappy,
- makes a run for it,
- making snappy,
- made snappy,
- gat on it,
- making a run for it,
- made a run for it,
- rushed at,
- getting it,
- makes run for it,
- rushes at.
• desert (verb)
- de parting,
- going over the hill,
- be-aching,
- going west,
- plays truant,
- de-parted,
- de-part,
- de-sert,
- re-signing,
- crawls out,
- de part,
- leaving stranded,
- took a hike,
- go over hill,
- goes west,
- taking a hike,
- went west,
- playing truant,
- goes over the hill,
- takes a hike,
- de-parts,
- goes awol,
- goes over hill,
- be aching,
- be-ached,
- Re sign,
- be ached,
- played truant,
- be tray,
- sneaks off,
- leaves stranded,
- snuck off,
- taking hike,
- going over hill,
- re signs,
- de parted,
- re-signs,
- re-sign,
- crawled out,
- crawling out,
- violated oath,
- violates oath,
- de sert,
- de-parting,
- re-signed,
- took hike,
- sneaking off,
- de parts,
- take hike,
- be trays,
- went over the hill,
- be-tray,
- be-trays,
- went over hill,
- re signing,
- violating oath,
- went awol,
- leaved stranded,
- takes hike,
- re signed,
- sneaked off.
• disappear (verb)
- evanesce,
- vanish,
- fade,
- hide,
- evaporate,
- sink,
- depart,
- dissolve,
- melt.
• drive (verb)
- bi cycled,
- stepped on the gas,
- steps on the gas,
- leaning it,
- burned the road,
- bi-cycled,
- burns up the road,
- leans on it,
- burn the road,
- makes sparks fly,
- burns up road,
- leaned on it,
- pouring on,
- trans ported,
- bi cycles,
- making sparks fly,
- burning up the road,
- bi cycle,
- bi-cycle,
- burned up the road,
- burns road,
- made sparks fly,
- leans it,
- vehiculating,
- burning up road,
- burned road,
- bi-cycles,
- poured on,
- firing up,
- burning road,
- stepped the gas,
- lean it,
- vehiculates,
- burnt up road,
- step the gas,
- pouring it on,
- burnt the road,
- stepping the gas,
- bi cycling,
- leaned it,
- stepped gas,
- burnt road,
- bi-cycling,
- steps the gas,
- steps gas,
- leant on it,
- stepping gas,
- poured it on,
- leaning on it,
- stepping on the gas,
- burn up road,
- burning the road,
- stepped on gas,
- vehiculated,
- burned up road,
- pours it on,
- burnt up the road,
- burns the road,
- leant it,
- burn road,
- step gas,
- steps on gas,
- pours on,
- stepping on gas.
• elope (verb)
- slipt away,
- steals away,
- slipt out,
- slipping out,
- slips away,
- slipped out,
- going to gretna green,
- go gretna green,
- stealing away,
- going secretly,
- slips out,
- went to gretna green,
- going gretna green,
- goes gretna green,
- stole away,
- slipped away,
- goes secretly,
- went secretly,
- went gretna green,
- goes to gretna green.
• elude (verb)
- not touched,
- gives slip,
- gave runaround,
- giving wide berth to,
- out-runs,
- giving runaround,
- gives runaround,
- give runaround,
- gave slip,
- running around,
- gives wide berth to,
- gets around,
- out runs,
- gave the slip,
- pass buck,
- out-running,
- not touches,
- beats around bush,
- out-wits,
- runs around,
- wert beyond someone,
- gives the runaround,
- out wits,
- ran around,
- giving the runaround,
- gave the runaround,
- steers clear of,
- out-witted,
- out run,
- is beyond someone,
- being beyond someone,
- out-witting,
- was beyond someone,
- out witting,
- stays shy of,
- am beyond someone,
- gotten away from,
- gave wide berth to,
- passing up,
- are beyond someone,
- give slip,
- gat around,
- beating around bush,
- out witted,
- giving the slip,
- out-run,
- staid shy of,
- passes up,
- gives the slip,
- hem haw,
- out running,
- gat away from,
- out-wit,
- staying shy of,
- giving slip,
- beats around the bush,
- were beyond someone,
- steered clear of,
- got around,
- art beyond someone,
- gotten around,
- wast beyond someone,
- stayed shy of.
• escape (verb)
- goes scot-free,
- going scot-free,
- gotten away with,
- went scotfree,
- ducked out,
- gets away with,
- taking on the lam,
- going scot free,
- took on the lam,
- flies coop,
- takes lam,
- take on lam,
- ducks out,
- got away with,
- bursted out,
- took on lam,
- plays hooky,
- takes the lam,
- take lam,
- taking lam,
- takes on lam,
- wriggled out,
- take the lam,
- making getaway,
- taking powder,
- played hooky,
- took a powder,
- wriggles out,
- made oneself scarce,
- went scot-free,
- flies the coop,
- flew coop,
- take powder,
- making oneself scarce,
- flying coop,
- works out of,
- takes on the lam,
- took the lam,
- going scotfree,
- taking a powder,
- makes oneself scarce,
- took lam,
- made scarce,
- goes scotfree,
- taking the lam,
- working out of,
- makes scarce,
- wrought out of,
- went scot free,
- taking on lam,
- took powder,
- getting away with,
- go scotfree,
- making scarce,
- makes getaway,
- takes a powder,
- ducking out,
- gat away with,
- goes scot free,
- fly coop,
- made getaway,
- takes powder,
- worked out of,
- wriggling out,
- flying the coop.
• escape, flee (verb)
- clear out,
- run from,
- withdraw,
- light out,
- hightail,
- make a quick exit,
- avoid,
- clear,
- hasten away.
• evade (verb)
- keeps distance,
- de clines,
- by passing,
- begged question,
- pre tends,
- begs the question,
- lead a merry chase,
- begs question,
- de-cline,
- led on merry chase,
- by passed,
- by passes,
- de-clines,
- kept distance,
- sneaking away,
- begged the question,
- lays low,
- leads a merry chase,
- leads on merry chase,
- lead on merry chase,
- led a merry chase,
- pre-tending,
- sneaks away,
- pre tend,
- pre-tends,
- laying low,
- leading a merry chase,
- led on a merry chase,
- leads on a merry chase,
- begging question,
- keeping distance,
- snuck away,
- by pass,
- leads merry chase,
- lead merry chase,
- fended off,
- pre tending,
- led merry chase,
- pre-tended,
- leading on merry chase,
- leading merry chase,
- sneaked away,
- leading on a merry chase,
- de cline,
- beg question.
• festinate (verb)
- ran like wind,
- runs like the wind,
- run like wind,
- running like wind,
- runs like wind,
- ran like the wind,
- running like the wind.
• flash (verb)
- dis-ported,
- ex-posing,
- ex pose,
- ex posed,
- dis-porting,
- ex-posed,
- dis ported,
- dis porting,
- ex-pose.
• flee (verb)
- gets hell out,
- made one escape,
- gat hell out,
- make one escape,
- makes one’s escape,
- getting hell out,
- got the hell out,
- get hell out,
- beating a hasty retreat,
- makes one escape,
- got hell out,
- making ones escape,
- makes a getaway,
- gets the hell out,
- made one’s escape,
- made ones escape,
- gotten the hell out,
- make ones escape,
- beat hasty retreat,
- made a getaway,
- gotten hell out,
- beating hasty retreat,
- make escape,
- making escape,
- makes escape,
- making quick exit,
- made escape,
- making one escape,
- beats hasty retreat,
- making a getaway,
- makes quick exit,
- made quick exit,
- getting the hell out,
- beats a hasty retreat,
- gat the hell out,
- makes ones escape,
- making one’s escape.
• gallop (verb)
- tears along,
- tare along,
- tore along,
- tearing along,
- torn along.
• get out (verb)
- was off,
- buzzed off,
- extricating oneself,
- being off,
- is off,
- extricated oneself,
- extricates oneself,
- freeing oneself,
- freed oneself,
- buzzing off,
- frees oneself,
- be-gone,
- am off,
- buzzes off,
- were off,
- wast off,
- wert off.
• glide (verb)
- de scended,
- smoothed along,
- de scend,
- de-scends,
- skirred,
- skirring,
- de-scend,
- de-scending,
- de-scended,
- skirrs,
- de scending,
- de scends,
- smooths along,
- smoothing along.
• go (verb)
- hit road,
- re-pairing,
- gets going,
- gotten going,
- got lost,
- making one way,
- making one’s way,
- re pair,
- running along,
- makes way,
- runs along,
- re pairs,
- made one’s way,
- made ones way,
- ran along,
- re paired,
- lit out,
- makes ones way,
- makes one way,
- skips out,
- bugs out,
- moves out,
- make ones way,
- getting lost,
- took leave,
- gat lost,
- takes leave,
- bugging out,
- make one way,
- skipped out,
- moving out,
- re-pairs,
- re-paired,
- gat going,
- makes for,
- made one way,
- re pairing,
- makes one’s way,
- making ones way,
- re-pair,
- sets off,
- skipping out,
- pushing on,
- gets lost,
- gotten lost,
- made way.
• hasten (verb)
- ex pressing,
- ex pressed,
- not lose minutes,
- getting cracking,
- makes haste,
- taking wing,
- dis-patches,
- dis patched,
- gat cracking,
- dis-patched,
- not lose minute,
- shake leg,
- not lose minuting,
- dis patching,
- gets cracking,
- shaking leg,
- get lead out,
- ex-pressing,
- ex press,
- wasting no time,
- not lose a minutes,
- not lose a minuting,
- whipping around,
- shakes leg,
- not lose a minuted,
- dis-patch,
- shook leg,
- took wing,
- shook a leg,
- whipped around,
- gotten cracking,
- whipt around,
- dis patch,
- ex-press,
- wasted no time,
- making haste,
- got cracking,
- shakes a leg,
- wastes no time,
- dis-patching,
- takes wing,
- not lose minuted,
- whips around,
- dis patches.
• hotfoot (verb)
- goes like a bat out hell,
- goes like bat out hell,
- go like bat out of hell,
- going like a bat out hell,
- went like bat out of hell,
- goes like a bat out of hell,
- went like a bat out of hell,
- went like a bat out hell,
- hightailing it,
- hightailed it,
- go like a bat out hell,
- going like bat out of hell,
- go like bat out hell,
- boogieing,
- going like bat out hell,
- going like a bat out of hell,
- goes like bat out of hell,
- went like bat out hell.
• hover (verb)
- being suspended,
- brooding over,
- wast suspended,
- is suspended,
- wert suspended,
- waiting nearby,
- were suspended,
- was suspended,
- are suspended,
- art suspended,
- broods over,
- brooded over,
- waited nearby,
- am suspended,
- waits nearby.
• hurry (verb)
- beelined,
- gotten a move on,
- wast quick,
- was quick,
- made short work of,
- turns on steam,
- getting a move on,
- turned steam,
- gets move on,
- makes time,
- getting move on,
- speeds up,
- bulleting,
- made time,
- turned on steam,
- gets a move on,
- gat move on,
- be-stirred,
- whishing,
- hurrying up,
- be-stir,
- get move on,
- turns steam,
- be-stirs,
- making short work of,
- goes like lightning,
- going like lightning,
- whished,
- turning steam,
- being quick,
- lost no time,
- losing no time,
- turn steam,
- makes short work of,
- be stirred,
- beelining,
- got move on,
- making time,
- gat a move on,
- gotten move on,
- loses no time,
- were quick,
- am quick,
- be-stirring,
- is quick,
- are quick,
- be stirring,
- art quick,
- be stir,
- turning on steam,
- be stirs,
- wert quick.
• hurtle (verb)
- rushing headlong,
- rushes headlong.
• hustle (verb)
- applying oneself,
- art conscientious,
- wast conscientious,
- is conscientious,
- wert conscientious,
- uses elbow grease,
- were conscientious,
- was conscientious,
- applied oneself,
- applies oneself,
- being conscientious,
- are conscientious,
- used elbow grease,
- am conscientious,
- using elbow grease.
• jet (verb)
- spritzed,
- spritzes.
• journey (verb)
- pro cessed,
- pro-cess,
- pro cess,
- pro cessing,
- goes places,
- took trip,
- takes trip,
- taking trip,
- globe trotted,
- safaried,
- takes a trip,
- safariing,
- went places,
- pro-cesses,
- took a trip,
- globe trots,
- globe trotting,
- take trip,
- pro cesses,
- pro-cessing,
- pro-cessed.
• lam (verb)
- took it lam,
- gives someone the slip,
- takes it on the lam,
- gives someone slip,
- taking it on the lam,
- takes it lam,
- takes it on lam,
- taking it lam,
- takes it the lam,
- take it the lam,
- taking it on lam,
- give someone slip,
- gave someone the slip,
- giving someone slip,
- took it on the lam,
- took it on lam,
- took it the lam.
• leave (verb)
- headed out,
- heads out,
- goes forth,
- heading out,
- coming away,
- walked out,
- said goodbye,
- says goodbye,
- came away,
- rid off,
- rode off,
- rides off,
- walks out,
- removes oneself,
- sets out,
- going forth,
- comes away,
- riding off,
- went forth,
- removing oneself,
- removed oneself.
• levitate (verb)
- defies gravity,
- defying gravity,
- defied gravity.
• make off (verb)
- running for it,
- runs for it,
- made away,
- makes away.
• motion (verb)
- wing.
• move (verb)
- heading for,
- off loads,
- trans posed,
- dis-locates,
- re move,
- locomoted,
- locomoting,
- off load,
- locomotes,
- heads for,
- dis locate,
- dis located,
- off loading,
- re-locating,
- re-locates,
- re-locate,
- trans-posing,
- off loaded,
- re-moving,
- dis locates,
- re located,
- re-moves,
- re locating,
- trans-pose,
- re moved,
- dis-locating,
- re locate,
- re moving,
- re-located,
- dis-locate,
- dis-located,
- re locates,
- trans pose,
- dis locating,
- re-move.
• pass (verb)
- be-falling,
- re-aching,
- come pass,
- glides by,
- coming pass,
- be falling,
- flying by,
- be-falls,
- blows past,
- re ached,
- re aching,
- flies by,
- came pass,
- gliding by,
- be-fall,
- running by,
- fell out,
- blowing past,
- trans pire,
- be fall,
- comes pass,
- glided by,
- be-fell,
- ran by,
- re-ached,
- be fell,
- went past,
- blew past,
- be falls,
- runs by,
- be-fallen,
- trans-pire,
- be fallen.
• race (verb)
- out-strip,
- plunging ahead,
- out-stripping,
- out-strips,
- out-stripped,
- plunges ahead,
- out strip,
- out strips,
- plunged ahead.
• run (verb)
- legging it,
- made a break,
- legged it,
- make break,
- torn out,
- legs it,
- tears out,
- tearing out,
- tare out,
- making break,
- dogging it,
- making a break,
- dogs it,
- dogged it,
- makes break,
- makes a break,
- made break,
- tore out.
• run or pass swiftly (verb)
- go like the wind,
- career,
- run its course,
- breeze,
- roll,
- elapse.
• sail (verb)
- makes headway,
- puts sea,
- gotten under way,
- casts anchor,
- gat under way,
- puts to sea,
- putting sea,
- gets under way,
- made headway,
- put sea,
- casting anchor,
- got under way.
• scamper (verb)
- speeding away,
- rushing off,
- speeds away,
- rushes off,
- speeded away,
- sped away.
• scoot (verb)
- moving fast,
- moved fast.
• scurry (verb)
- scuttering,
- stepping along,
- hopping along,
- hops along,
- steps along,
- hopped along,
- stepped along,
- scuttered.
• skip (verb)
- hippety hops,
- hippety hopped,
- hippety hopping,
- hippetyhopping,
- hippety-hops,
- hippetyhopped,
- hippety-hopped,
- hippety-hopping,
- hippetyhops,
- hippetyhop.
• speed (verb)
- getting moving,
- goes like wind,
- gat moving,
- opened throttle,
- pro moting,
- gearing up,
- goes fast,
- go like wind,
- going fast,
- goes all out,
- gathers momentum,
- going like wind,
- opening throttle,
- pro-motes,
- gathered momentum,
- pro-moting,
- cuts along,
- went like wind,
- pro-mote,
- pressed on,
- gears up,
- cutting along,
- presses on,
- went like the wind,
- opens throttle,
- opening up throttle,
- going like the wind,
- gets moving,
- opened up throttle,
- opens up throttle,
- gathering momentum,
- goes like the wind,
- went all out,
- gotten moving.
• storm (verb)
- be-setting,
- be-set,
- sets in,
- be setting,
- blew violently,
- sounding off,
- burnt up,
- be sets,
- be-sets,
- breathed fire,
- setting in,
- sounds off,
- took by storm,
- blowing violently,
- burns up,
- breathes fire,
- steams up,
- blows violently,
- takes by storm.
• take to the air, usually employing wings (verb)
- jet over,
- cross,
- reach,
- circumnavigate,
- jet out,
- mount,
- operate,
- take a hop,
- seagull,
- maneuver,
- bend the throttle,
- circle,
- barnstorm,
- flat-hat,
- sky out,
- remain aloft,
- wing in.
• travel (verb)
- sightsaw,
- sets forth,
- getting through,
- gotten through,
- taking boat,
- took a plane,
- weekended,
- going camping,
- going abroad,
- taking a plane,
- taking plane,
- overnighting,
- making a journey,
- went abroad,
- goes in to orbit,
- took a train,
- took plane,
- makes journey,
- makes a journey,
- take plane,
- goes riding,
- takes train,
- takes a plane,
- over-night,
- taking a boat,
- went in to orbit,
- takes a boat,
- going riding,
- go in to orbit,
- take train,
- making journey,
- weekending,
- going into orbit,
- takes a train,
- made journey,
- goes camping,
- went camping,
- took boat,
- goes into orbit,
- sightseen,
- gets through,
- overnighted,
- make journey,
- going in to orbit,
- sightsees,
- takes boat,
- took train,
- takes plane,
- over nights,
- made a journey,
- goes abroad,
- taking train,
- gat through,
- went riding,
- went into orbit,
- over-nights,
- took a boat,
- take boat.
• wave (verb)
- wigwags,
- moved to fro,
- moves to and fro,
- moving to fro,
- moving and fro,
- moves fro,
- moved fro,
- move and fro,
- moved to and fro,
- move fro,
- moved and fro,
- moving to and fro,
- move to fro,
- moves and fro,
- moves to fro,
- moving fro.
• zoom (verb)
- shoots up.
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Other synonyms:
-
•
- pollinate,
- windblown,
- infestation,
- blow over,
- bunt,
- blow down,
- pinch-hit,
- ground out,
- lam,
- waft,
- absquatulate,
- hasten.
-
•
- slew,
- bat,
- highball,
- barrel,
- precipitate,
- decamp,
- flutter,
- outstrip,
- infest,
- cut through,
- pounce,
- barge,
- abscond,
- bustle,
- get out of,
- zoom,
- plunge in.
-
•
- hot dog,
- rip,
- sprint,
- wreathe,
- caper,
- sail,
- blow in,
- flick,
- steal,
- burst,
- pop up,
- swoop,
- plunge into.
-
•
- retire,
- streak,
- float,
- bomb,
- bounce,
- triple,
- swarm,
- bucket,
- plane,
- slide,
- balk,
- flare.
-
•
- nip,
- stream,
- turn on,
- steam,
- whirl,
- fleet,
- sacrifice.
-
•
- duck,
- belt,
- bundle,
- sweep,
- plunge,
- strike out,
- explode,
- foul,
- whistle,
- scramble.
-
•
- wind up.
-
•
- sting,
- tag,
- single.
-
•
- light.
-
•
- buzz,
- power,
- book.
-
•
- jump,
- spin.
-
•
- catch,
- pop.
-
•
- pitch.
-
•
- double.
• airlift
- airdrop,
- airdrops.
• ascend
- moved up,
- move up,
- took off,
- lift off,
- Soared,
- scale.
• break away
- runs away,
- run away,
- part company,
- running away,
- ran away.
• depart
- break away.
• disappear
- Waned,
- dematerialized,
- fade away,
- be no more,
- be done for,
- retreating,
- passing away,
- exited,
- dematerializes,
- passed away,
- recede,
- melt away,
- cease to exist,
- ceasing to exist,
- fading away,
- died out,
- dematerialize,
- is lost,
- ceased to exist,
- leave no trace,
- vamoose,
- die out,
- be lost,
- go south,
- drop out of sight,
- come to naught,
- outed,
- Evanish,
- be swallowed up,
- end gradually,
- leaving no trace,
- OUTS,
- fades away,
- be gone.
• escape
- go scot-free,
- make oneself scarce,
- wriggle out,
- bursts out,
- flew the coop,
- bursting out,
- get away with,
- burst out,
- make getaway,
- play hooky,
- go scot free,
- work out of,
- fly the coop,
- get out,
- make scarce,
- duck out,
- take a powder,
- take on the lam,
- playing hooky,
- Escaping.
• festinate
- run like the wind.
• flit
- Fleeted,
- Winging,
- dancing,
- Danced.
• get out
- be off,
- buzz off,
- egressing,
- kited,
- kiting,
- egressed,
- KITES,
- kite,
- extricate oneself,
- free oneself,
- break free.
• glide
- spiraled,
- glissade,
- smooth along,
- spiraling,
- Skirr,
- slinks,
- skating,
- skate,
- spiralled,
- spiralling,
- Slank.
• go up
- ascend.
• hasten
- shake a leg,
- whip around,
- not lose a minute,
- shaking a leg,
- made haste,
- waste no time,
- get cracking,
- make haste,
- take wing.
• hotfoot
- boogie,
- barreled,
- barrelled,
- go like a bat out of hell,
- hightail it,
- boogied,
- Barreling,
- Barrelling,
- hightails it,
- boogies.
• hover
- be suspended,
- wait nearby,
- brood over.
• lam
- give someone the slip.
• leave
- going away,
- ride off,
- go forth,
- walk out,
- went away,
- leave,
- saying goodbye,
- remove oneself,
- head out,
- goes away,
- emigrate,
- say goodbye,
- go away,
- come away,
- walking out,
- Embarking,
- set out,
- setting out.
• move
- moves,
- off-load,
- off-loaded,
- offloaded,
- offload,
- headed for,
- offloading,
- switching,
- off-loading,
- locomote,
- head for,
- off-loads,
- offloads.
• Other relevant words:
- skim,
- give the runaround,
- slip out,
- flit,
- drive,
- skip,
- tiptoed,
- speed away,
- rushed headlong,
- Jaunted,
- whoosh,
- Sallied,
- forsake,
- apply oneself,
- hurry up,
- motoring,
- make one’s escape,
- escape,
- fires up,
- travel,
- Bestirring,
- leaf,
- crawl out,
- tear,
- make time,
- not touch,
- voyage,
- swishing,
- get lost,
- not touching,
- airlift,
- bicycled,
- Striding,
- Disporting,
- pussyfoot,
- slip away,
- scud,
- stomped,
- Jaunting,
- shove off,
- get going,
- tailgate,
- kiss goodbye,
- bust out,
- slipping away,
- by-passed,
- set off,
- tooled,
- tiptoeing,
- left in the lurch,
- levitate,
- walks,
- J,
- Parried,
- took flight,
- gets away,
- storm,
- Beaching,
- steaming up,
- rocket,
- burned up,
- stomping,
- sped up,
- makes it snappy,
- wave,
- getting away,
- give up,
- lead on a merry chase,
- tore,
- make away,
- Racked,
- Voyaging,
- Sheered,
- By-pass,
- lay low,
- sneak off,
- JS,
- circuiting,
- hurtle,
- go like lightning,
- pass up,
- runs off,
- made for,
- go places,
- tear along,
- make a run for it,
- run around,
- make for,
- hustle,
- hurries up,
- flitter,
- Sallying,
- lean on it,
- Hasting,
- Squalled,
- step on it,
- taking a trip,
- Wigwagging,
- steamed up,
- flighted,
- left stranded,
- pour on,
- passed up,
- Stranding,
- making way,
- got away,
- taking by storm,
- Scutter,
- out wit,
- desert,
- junketing,
- take a hike,
- run for it,
- blow violently,
- get around,
- push on,
- bestirs,
- whip,
- be beyond someone,
- whishes,
- hurry,
- whooshing,
- Loping,
- Disported,
- festinate,
- whish,
- be quick,
- Fared,
- breathing fire,
- waving,
- getting around,
- leave in lurch,
- steam up,
- tailgated,
- moves quickly,
- went like lightning,
- get on it,
- moved out,
- breathe fire,
- go secretly,
- by-passes,
- bestir,
- Junketed,
- lose no time,
- set in,
- run like scared rabbit,
- beg the question,
- bulleted,
- make it snappy,
- cycling,
- get away from,
- burn up,
- beating around the bush,
- whisk,
- spritz,
- defy gravity,
- scurry,
- burning up,
- squalling,
- beat a hasty retreat,
- bicycling,
- dart,
- skip out,
- Hasted,
- Careered,
- got a move on,
- rushed off,
- get the hell out,
- sound off,
- leave stranded,
- zip,
- skedaddle,
- move quickly,
- Neared,
- race,
- flighting,
- move to and fro,
- Shying,
- by-passing,
- making for,
- tooling,
- hotfoot,
- going places,
- run out on,
- bug out,
- get it,
- speeded up,
- be conscientious,
- rush,
- strands,
- smoking,
- pushing off,
- stomp,
- whiz,
- whooshed,
- nears,
- haste,
- circuited,
- hover,
- dash,
- speed,
- tailgating,
- Waltzed,
- get away,
- get a move on,
- hippety hop,
- take a trip,
- make quick exit,
- rush headlong,
- Vehiculate,
- jet,
- rush off,
- skitter,
- hop along,
- disappear,
- evade,
- got away from,
- give wide berth to,
- pass,
- speeding up,
- keep distance,
- go over the hill,
- elope,
- running out on,
- move,
- gets away from,
- run off,
- speed up,
- step on gas,
- begging the question,
- beat around the bush,
- got it,
- getting away from,
- Careering,
- make way,
- hippety-hop,
- Jed,
- Sheering,
- got going,
- flee,
- be set,
- gotten away,
- steal away,
- ran off,
- give the slip,
- spritzing,
- laid low,
- turn on steam,
- make a break for it,
- knock about,
- hurried up,
- walking,
- scamper,
- sheers,
- take by storm,
- Bestirred,
- leave flat,
- step it,
- getting going,
- fire up,
- motored,
- bolt,
- take leave,
- glide,
- Hurries,
- violate oath,
- shoot,
- setting off,
- Voyaged,
- go,
- wheeled,
- make one’s way,
- run,
- step along,
- run along,
- plunge ahead,
- moves fast,
- wigwag,
- hurtling,
- step on the gas,
- steering clear of,
- Jing,
- scoot,
- play truant,
- moved quickly,
- Wigwagged,
- burn up the road,
- pour it on,
- make tracks,
- Whirred,
- leave high and dry,
- make a getaway,
- go west,
- fending off,
- running off,
- elude,
- steer clear of,
- gets it,
- swished,
- move fast,
- Make short work of,
- globe trot,
- tailgates,
- make off,
- whooshes,
- scutters,
- use elbow grease,
- sneak away,
- cut and run,
- Tiptoes,
- gallop,
- taking leave,
- leaping,
- taking flight,
- leave holding the bag,
- stay shy of,
- rush at,
- move out,
- flashing,
- make sparks fly,
- take flight,
- Cycled,
- shies,
- bugged out,
- beat around bush,
- peregrinate,
- flash,
- Waltzing,
- go back on.
• pass
- take place,
- came to pass,
- run by,
- come to pass,
- going past,
- Passed,
- flew by,
- blow past,
- running out,
- taking place,
- glide by,
- coming to pass,
- go past,
- fly by,
- takes place,
- comes to pass,
- took place,
- goes past.
• run
- make a break,
- shags,
- shagged,
- shag,
- tear out,
- running,
- shagging,
- dog it.
• sail
- make headway,
- making headway,
- cast anchor,
- captained,
- get under way,
- put to sea,
- Piloted,
- skippered,
- captaining,
- getting under way,
- piloting,
- Boated,
- skippering,
- putting to sea.
• scud
- gusted,
- gusting,
- scudding.
• shelter
- tent.
• speed
- go out,
- cut along,
- open throttle,
- geared up,
- went fast,
- goes out,
- open up throttle,
- got moving,
- get moving,
- go all out,
- gather momentum,
- pressing on,
- go fast,
- gear up,
- going all out.
• survey
- overfly.
• travel
- traveled,
- overnight,
- get through,
- over night,
- go camping,
- go riding,
- sightsee,
- weekend,
- overnights,
- take a plane,
- Adventuring,
- sightseeing,
- go abroad,
- weekends,
- take a train,
- go into orbit,
- got through,
- knock around,
- setting forth,
- taking a train,
- make a journey,
- journey,
- vacationing,
- set forth,
- vacationed,
- take a boat,
- Adventured.
• zoom
- shoot up,
- shooting up.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- leg it,
- flow,
- fade out,
- agile,
- retire from sight,
- bright,
- pass out,
- awake,
- herd,
- tuck,
- cut,
- die away,
- hike,
- manipulate,
- lose color,
- alive,
- pass away,
- skirt,
- spry,
- press on,
- swim,
- come to nothing,
- roll on,
- wide-awake,
- lose sight of,
- nimble,
- proceed,
- take the air,
- soar,
- apron,
- keen,
- take to the air,
- control,
- slip,
- pilot,
- jog,
- pass out of sight,
- tab,
- vanish from sight,
- sharp,
- put,
- take to flight,
- rise,
- fishhook,
- advance.
How to use «Fly» in context?
Picture your favorite aircraft carrier hovering just off the coast, its jets roaring as they take off in warfare drills. As you stand on the beach, watching the sleek jets streak across the sky, you can’t help but marvel at what technology has allowed us to do. Take for example, the humble fly. A simple device, yet one that has allowed us to explore and map the world.
Paraphrases for Fly:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
flies.
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Noun, singular or mass
flies.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
soars, flights, warplanes, airways.
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Noun, plural
Refugees, flights.
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Noun, singular or mass
Capita, Overflown.
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Verb, past tense
stole, Took.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
AM.
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Verb, base form
display, flee, lead, stole, leads, steai.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
flying.
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Noun, plural
flying, overflights.
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Noun, singular or mass
flyer, flying, flywheel, maggot.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
sail, travel, Overflew.
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Verb, base form
depart, navigate, sail, steer, throw, travel, Unstick, flyboy.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Fly:
- FLYE.
Holonyms for Fly:
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n.
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animal
diptera, Order Diptera.
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animal
Hypernym for Fly:
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n.
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animal
tsetse fly, flesh fly, housefly, blowfly, tsetse, Haematobia Irritans, horn fly, Sarcophaga Carnaria, Musca Domestica, glossina, Tachina Fly, blow fly, bee fly, gadfly, Tzetze Fly, tzetze, house fly.
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artifact
streamer fly,wet fly,dry fly.
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animal
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v.
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contact
airlift, lift.
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motion
kite, red-eye, flight, fly on, soar, buzz, rack, hover.
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contact
Hyponym for Fly:
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n.
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animal
dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron.
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artifact
fish lure, fisherman’s lure.
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animal
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v.
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change
change.
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contact
transport, HIT, carry.
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motion
travel, go, locomote, journey, move.
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perception
show.
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change
Meronym for Fly:
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n.
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animal
alula, calypter.
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animal
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- Synonyms:
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abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.
Resources
- FLY synonyms at Thesaurus.com
- FLY synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
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Powerthesaurus.org
— FLY synonyms - Collins Dictionary — synonyms of FLY
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What is another word for fly?
What is another word for fly?
glide | soar |
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wing | flit |
flutter | mount |
hover | aviate |
plane | wheel |
What is the opposite word of fly?
What is the opposite of fly?
walk | run |
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trot | trudge |
dart | pace |
plod | prance |
prowl | rove |
When someone is fly meaning?
It’s a slang term that means she is really “cool” and “attractive”. Basically, the guy likes the girl and thinks she is a very fun person to be around.
What is the meaning of can?
modal verb. You use can to indicate that someone has the ability or opportunity to do something.
What does CAM mean in slang?
camera
What does Cam only mean?
stock unported heads
What is a cam used for?
A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion. It is often a part of a rotating wheel (e.g. an eccentric wheel) or shaft (e.g. a cylinder with an irregular shape) that strikes a lever at one or more points on its circular path.
What things use a cam mechanism?
Cams are commonly used in engines to control valves (in which the valve is the follower), sewing machines, children’s toys and many other mechanical applications. The shapes of individual Cams are designed to produce specific types of motion.
What does CAM stand for in medicine?
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard medical care.
How many types of CAM and what are their name?
There are two types of Head Cams. First is Single Head Cam and the second is Multiple Head Cam. Cam is Rotating about minor axis or respect to Follower.
What Cam has no dwell period?
A heart shaped cam has smooth and gentle rise and fall. It has no dwell and is also known as a constant velocity cam.
What is cam angle?
Explanation: Cam angle is defined as the angle of rotation of the cam for a definite displacement of the follower. Angle of ascent of cam is defined as the angle moved by the cam from the instant the follower begins to rise, till it reaches its highest position.
What is dwell period of CAM?
Rise is the motion of the follower away from the cam center, dwell is the motion during which the follower is at rest; and return is the motion of the follower toward the cam center.
What is Cam pressure angle?
The pressure angle represents the steepness of cam profile, is the angle between the normal to the pitch curve at a point and the direction of the follower motion. It varies in magnitude at all instants of the follower motion.
How does a cam work?
How do cams work? Cams generally do the opposite job to cranks: they turn rotary motion into reciprocating motion. Whatever you need to move up and down (or back and forth) rests on top of an oval wheel, sometimes mounted off-center (the cam). As the cam rotates, the object it supports rises up and down.