Synonyms of fairings

fairings

noun

plural of fairing, British

as in donations

something given to someone without expectation of a return

business takes him to all corners of the globe, but he never fails to bring back fairings for the family back in London

Synonyms & Similar Words

• donations
• gifts
• presentations
• presents
• offerings
• contributions
• comps
• freebies
• largesses
• subsidies
• bonuses
• giveaways
• awards
• rewards
• bestowals
• handsels
• prizes
• grants
• benefactions
• donatives
• sacrifices
• lagniappes
• oblations
• alms
• tithes
• tips
• tributes
• benevolences
• generosities
• charities
• courtesies
• care packages
• beneficences
• boxes
• foys
• windfalls
• valentines
• legacies
• dowries
• handouts
• remembrances
• doles
• propines
• bequests
• philanthropies
• boons
• gratuities
• favors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loans
• advances
• bribes
• peace offerings
• sops
• douceurs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fairings

On Falcon 9 launches, the company recovers the booster and payload fairings but tosses the upper stage, which puts a floor under how cheap each launch can get. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026

The vertical launch horizontal landing spaceplane will be mated to a launch vehicle and will not be encapsulated in the launch vehicle fairings. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026

The material was also used in the fenders, fairings and winglets on the Suzuki GSX-R1000R for the the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race over the last couple of years. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026

SpaceX, too, has implemented its own recovery and refurbishment plans for Falcon 9 fairings, but the two halves of the shell protecting the rocket's payload on its way to orbit are still designed to split apart and fall back to Earth independently of each other, and of Falcon 9's first stage. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025

Boeing’s uncrewed spacecraft fits in normal rocket fairings, or nosecones, and has flown five times on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, once on SpaceX Falcon 9 and once on Falcon Heavy. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025

The prototype that Sarcos demonstrated had all of the functionality of the version that will ship in January, but latter models will include plastic fairings over the suit as well as quick-change end-effectors. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2019