Thesaurus results for AIRCRAFT

aircraft

noun

Definition of aircraft

as in plane

a machine that flies through the air a new military aircraft a company that manufactures aircraft

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Recent Examples of aircraft Since a June 9 flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City ahead of the tournament’s opening match, the aircraft averaged more than one flight a day and on multiple days made more than three, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 19 July 2026 Missiles have been fired from drones before, but those were remote-piloted aircraft with a human operating the flight controls from the ground. — David Szondy july 18, New Atlas, 19 July 2026 The airport is used primarily by private and corporate aircraft. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026 New aircraft for American would likely arrive in the early or middle of the next decade. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for aircraft

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft

Noun

That is a long time to be in the company of the same few dozen people, day after day, flight after flight, from plane to bus to hotel to bus and back again.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Tensions began to flare earlier this month when the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of trying to prevent an Iranian plane from carrying a Houthi delegation to Tehran for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

Subtle airplane decor and international posters strive to do the same.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Since energy and fuel are major cost inputs for businesses — fuel to power airplanes and transport food to grocery stores, for example — consumers have seen prices rise to varying degrees elsewhere, too.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of airplane

Noun

Before the war, an average of about 110 ships transited the strait daily.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The ship overcame the engine failure and continued flying toward a pinpoint water landing in the Indian Ocean, but SpaceX had to skip an attempt to reignite a Raptor engine in space.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

The plane stopped, passengers scurried to the terminal and airport employees climbed up on the wings trying to keep the airliner from blowing away.

— Dan Kelly July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Boeing developed the platform from the commercial 737 Next Generation airliner before extensively modifying it for military operations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Definition of airliner

Noun

But for each Russian innovation — first-person-view vehicles, jet power, fiber-optic tethers — Ukraine has developed countermeasures.

— David L. Stern, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Across the first two weeks of the tournament alone, Infantino reportedly logged more than 20,000 miles of air travel, zigzagging the continent aboard a private jet.

— Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026