flight

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

Synonyms: light, plight, slight, blight, fight, alight, fright, feight

Antonyms: light, plight, slight, blight, fight, alight, fright, feight

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Noun

1. The act of flying; the ability to fly.
   • Most birds are capable of flight.
   • Bats are born with the instinct of flight.
   • The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
   • The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
   • The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
   • The judge thought she was a flight risk.
   • The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.
   • Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
   • He is taking the 5 o' clock flight to London in the morning.
   • He boarded the flight to Miami.
   • This flight is now boarding.
   • a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination
2. An instance of flying.
   • The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
3. The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc.
   • The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
4. A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape.
   • The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
   • The judge thought she was a flight risk.
5. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
   • The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.
   • Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
   • He is taking the 5 o' clock flight to London in the morning.
   • He boarded the flight to Miami.
   • This flight is now boarding.
6. The aircraft used in a journey through air or space.
   • He boarded the flight to Miami.
   • This flight is now boarding.
7. The movement of a spinning ball through the air from the bowler to where it bounces on the pitch.
8. An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
   • a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination
9. A surface that aids in an item's purpose The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory. The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
10. The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
11. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory.
12. The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
13. A thing that flies or moves as if in flight An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews. A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design. A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows.
    • a flight of swallows
    • The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.
14. An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews.
15. A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
16. A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows.
    • a flight of swallows
17. A group of angels or types of angels, e.g., seraphim, cherubim.
    • The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.
18. A paper airplane. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
19. A segment of a whole A series of stairs between landings. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
    • How many flights up is it?
    • I'll start on the lowest flight of the terrace, you start at the top.
    • The flight of terraces extended up fifty meters from the base.
    • The competing sprinters were divided into several flights.
20. A series of stairs between landings.
21. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
    • How many flights up is it?
22. A level of a terrace; a series of such levels making up a terrace.
    • I'll start on the lowest flight of the terrace, you start at the top.
    • The flight of terraces extended up fifty meters from the base.
23. A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
24. A group of competitors, divided by ability or other factors.
    • The competing sprinters were divided into several flights.
25. Several sample glasses (usually three to five) of a specific wine varietal or other variations in wine, each sample comprising a smaller amount than a full glass of wine. A comparable sample of beers or other drinks. A series of small dishes of food united by a purpose, category, etc.
    • a flight of canapés, a flight of sliders
26. A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
27. A series of small dishes of food united by a purpose, category, etc.
    • a flight of canapés, a flight of sliders
28. An advertising campaign of fixed length.

Adjective

1. Fast, swift, fleet.

Verb

1. To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
2. To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.

Noun

1. The act of fleeing.
   • take flight
   • the flight of a refugee

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