airliner

noun

Definition of airlinernext
as in airplane

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Recent Examples of airliner All 176 passengers and crew members on board were killed by Iranian surface-to-air missiles that brought the Boeing 737 airliner down, with Iranian authorities at first covering up the tragedy. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Then, in July, whatever remained of the truce between the Saudis and the Houthis collapsed, after the Saudis, who control Yemen’s airspace, refused to let an Iranian airliner land at the airport in Sana’a. — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Flight 77 struck the building’s western face, killing 184 people — 125 inside and 59 aboard the airliner. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026 During its orbit, S301 attains speeds more than 100,000 times faster than a commercial airliner—over eight percent the speed of light. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airliner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
  1. airplane
  2. plane
  3. aircraft
  4. aeroplane
  5. liner
  6. airframe
  7. ship
  8. jetliner
Noun
  • Others laughed and rose from their seats as former President Barack Obama appeared in person and welcomed the airplane of veterans to Washington before Veterans Day in 2025.
    — Scott Parrott, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Think of turning to grab your suitcase and hoisting it into an airplane’s overhead bin.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • Deputies said those aboard a nearby boat came to the assistance of possibly two people on the plane.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The people who were killed on the plane are owed a duty of safety and a duty of care by the manufacturer of the aircraft, the pilot and all involved parties, but the same duty is owed to the people on the ground.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • And then the spontaneous cheers and shouts erupted as the aircraft, full of returning troops, lifted off the South Vietnam air strip.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • They were told that the plane was blown over by wind, and that the aircraft was parked in its stall when the incident happened.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • The occasional booing of famous England players has been an integral part of the Wembley experience over the years, almost as commonplace as paper aeroplanes.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of aeroplane
Noun
  • The 23-year-old reality star used brown lip liner and sheer gloss to tie together her glowing beauty, complete with swipes of highlighter across her nose and cheekbones.
    — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • On an ocean liner bound for New York, heiress Marcella Porter returns home after being disgraced by scandal in London.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of liner
Noun
  • That gives operators the option to use the same airframe for jobs ranging from land surveys to ecological monitoring.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The more engineers push to save weight, Datta notes, the more flexible the airframe becomes, making the wings and other structures more prone to bending, twisting, and vibration.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of airframe
Noun
  • Matthew Pinhey, commanding officer of the Doyle, told the Herald from the deck of the ship, with clear, blue skies overhead.
    — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The Florida panhandle county has sunk hundreds of artificial reefs, many of which are ships or boats.
    — Henry Larson, NPR, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • Trump and his family members have accepted a jetliner from the emir of Qatar, a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, and profits from a number of cryptocurrency enterprises, much of which came from foreign buyers.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The jetliner was stabilized and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of jetliner

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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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