Synonyms of airplanes

airplanes

noun

plural of airplane

as in planes

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

my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planes
• aeroplanes
• airliners
• aircraft
• airships
• ships
• jets
• bombers
• biplanes
• tractors
• freighters
• seaplanes
• airframes
• tankers
• jetliners
• liners
• fighters
• turboprops
• air taxis
• warplanes
• turbojets
• gliders
• amphibians
• supersonics
• rocket planes
• sailplanes
• supersonic transports
• torpedo bombers
• aerodynes
• aerospace planes
• lightplanes
• triplanes
• superjets
• trijets
• jump jets
• air-cushion vehicles
• trimotors
• towplanes
• tilt-rotors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of airplanes

Boeing’s Immediate Priority Is Execution Boeing entered the second half of 2026 with a record $715 billion backlog, including more than 6,200 commercial airplanes. — Alex Krutz, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

The method used to conceal the president was a catering truck typically used on the tarmac to deliver food and beverages to airplanes, the Washington Post reported. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Boeing also benefits by shedding subsidiaries that are not central to its commercial airplanes, defense and space operations. — Phil Lebeau,meghan Reeder, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Electric motors, autonomous flight systems and lightweight materials are giving rise to machines that lift like helicopters but fly more like conventional airplanes. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Unlike jet airplanes, which fly above 35,000 feet and are separated from one another by vast distances, air taxis will likely fly no higher than 4,000 feet on short routes where space between the aircraft could get tight. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Whether sprinting across rooftops, hanging from airplanes, or piloting fighter jets on screen, the actor has built a career on pushing the limits—and audiences have rewarded him for it. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

Private airplanes dropped copies of Harding’s proclamation, but neither side complied. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026