Synonyms of flight

flight 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈflīt 

as in flying

travel through the air by the use of wings

for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• aviation
• aeronautics
• gliding
• soaring
• ballooning
• skydiving
• paragliding
• hang gliding

flight

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in escape

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 & Similar Words

• escape
• getaway
• rout
• break
• rescue
• bunk
• breakout
• liberation
• slip
• lam
• redemption
• salvation
• release
• deliverance
• jailbreak
• close call
• close shave
• near miss

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imprisonment
• confinement
• incarceration
• captivity
• custody
• retention
• holding
• detention
• risk
• internment
• hold
• trouble
• immurement
• hazard
• peril
• jeopardy
• endangerment
• imperilment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flight

Noun

Delta stands out as the top-ranking airline in reliability despite a Crowdstrike outage last year that led to thousands of flight cancellations, The Points Guy says. —Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

Brennan Johnson was the only player to reach double digits for Spurs in the top flight last season, with 11. —Jay Harris, New York Times, 19 June 2025

SpaceX has launched nine Super Heavy-Starship test flights over the last two years, with the first three ending with explosions or breakups and the next three being partially successful. —June 19, CBS News, 19 June 2025

This was the fifth flight on the Dragon spacecraft. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025