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

Sales of Nintendo's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

In other news, Ye is staging a comeback Yeezy show in Los Angeles tonight at the brand’s flagship—keep an eye out tomorrow for a report from my Angeleno colleague Maxwell Adler. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

However, getting behind the wheel of this fancy flagship will cost you a pretty penny—160,000 pennies, to be exact. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, hosted his first runway show in four years on Wednesday for Yeezy Season 01, which took place at Droam 1, Yeezy’s new flagship at 4317 Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 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