Synonyms of aeroplane

aeroplane

noun

ˈer-ə-ˌplān 

chiefly British

as in airplane

a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift

an exhibit of a few of the aeroplanes that won the Battle of Britain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• airplane
• plane
• airliner
• aircraft
• airship
• ship
• jet
• biplane
• airframe
• bomber
• tractor
• seaplane
• tanker
• turbojet
• freighter
• liner
• jetliner
• turboprop
• air taxi
• supersonic
• fighter
• supersonic transport
• aerospace plane
• glider
• rocket plane
• amphibian
• warplane
• aerodyne
• trimotor
• sailplane
• triplane
• trijet
• superjet
• torpedo bomber
• lightplane
• tilt-rotor
• towplane
• jump jet
• air-cushion vehicle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aeroplane

Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history. — Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025

It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square. — Annika Pham, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025

This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol. — Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024

An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024