soar

¹soar

intransitive verb \ˈsȯr\

Definition of SOAR

1

a : to fly aloft or about

b (1) : to sail or hover in the air often at a great height : glide (2) of a glider : to fly without engine power and without loss of altitude

2

: to rise or increase dramatically (as in position, value, or price) <stocks soared>

3

: to ascend to a higher or more exalted level <makes my spirits soar>

4

: to rise to majestic stature

— soar·er noun

Examples of SOAR

1. The temperature soared to 100 degrees.
2. Stock prices are beginning to soar.
3. The oil shortage sent prices soaring.
4. The nation's divorce rate has soared.
5. The eagle soared above us.
6. A hang glider soared in the air.
7. The rocket soared into the sky.
8. The ball soared out of the stadium.
9. The mountain soars over 20,000 feet above sea level.

Origin of SOAR

Middle English soren, from Middle French essorer, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *exaurare, from Latin ex- + aura air — more at aura

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SOAR

Synonyms

arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, ascend, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Antonyms

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

Related Words

surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Other Aeronautics/Aerospace Terms

airway, apron, corridor, dirigible, fishtail, flat-hat, vector

Rhymes with SOAR

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

²soar

noun

Definition of SOAR

1

: the range, distance, or height attained in soaring

2

: the act of soaring : upward flight

Examples of SOAR

1. <the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire>

First Known Use of SOAR

1596

Related to SOAR

Synonyms

ascension, climb, rise, rising, ascent

Antonyms

descent, dip, dive, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge

Related Words

boost, hike, increase, raise; blastoff, elevation, hoist, levitation, liftoff, raising, takeoff; heave, thrust, upheaval, uplifting, upraising, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upthrust, uptrend, upturn, upwelling

Near Antonyms

plop, plummeting, sinking; decline, decrease, down; comedown, downfall, downgrade

Other Aeronautics/Aerospace Terms

airway, apron, corridor, dirigible, fishtail, flat-hat, vector