flagship

noun

flag·​ship ˈflag-ˌship 

1

: the ship that carries the commander of a fleet or subdivision of a fleet and flies the commander's flag

2

: the finest, largest, or most important one of a group of things (such as products, stores, etc.)

—often used before another noun

the company's flagship store

The traveling media crew comprises seven beat writers and a reporter from WFAN, the team's flagship station and the granddaddy of all-sports radio.

—Hank Hersch

Examples of flagship in a Sentence

the flagship of the Atlantic fleet

Recent Examples on the Web

Turco’s flagship-feel benchmark is really a service benchmark as much as an aesthetic one. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

The company’s flagship creation, a 40-gram autonomous quadcopter, actively patrols the sky. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

The flagship feature is Siri AI, a new approach to Siri that in many cases leverages large language models without having to kick requests to a third party. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Through his flagship company Alliance Global, Tan also has interests in Emperador, the world’s biggest brandy maker, and the Philippine franchisee of McDonald’s. — Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for flagship

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship
• midship

Kids Definition

flagship

noun

flag·​ship ˈflag-ˌship 

1

: the ship carrying the commander of a group of ships and flying the flag that tells the commander's rank

2

: the best, largest, or most important one of a group of things

the store is the company's flagship