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

Ships book slots to transit, similar to how passengers book seats on airplanes in advance. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Two airplanes blew out their tires after landing in Chicago in separate incidents on the same day, authorities said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

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

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