soar

soar

verb

Definition of SOAR

1

to move or extend upward <the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris>

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

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

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

2

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings <bats soaring and swooping through the night air>

Synonyms aviate, glide, plane, soar, wing

Related Words drift, float, hang, hover, waft; coast, cruise, sail, sweep; dart, flit, flutter; catapult, helicopter, jet, orbit, rocket; dive, stoop

3

to rise abruptly and rapidly <gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage>

Synonyms rocket, shoot (up), soar, zoom

Related Words accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax; crest, peak, surge; heighten, intensify

Near Antonyms collapse, fall; contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, wane

Antonyms nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble