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flight

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flight

travel through the air by the use of wings

for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds

Synonyms of flight

Words Related to flight

ballooning, gliding, hang gliding, paragliding, skydiving, soaring

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flight

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flight

the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement

a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt

Synonyms of flight

break, breakout, bunk [British], escape, getaway, lam, rout, slip

Words Related to flight

deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation

close call, close shave, near miss

Near Antonyms of flight

captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment

custody, detention, hold, holding, retention

endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble

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