Synonyms of flights

flights

noun

plural of flight

as in escapes

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

• escapes
• routs
• getaways
• breaks
• bunks
• breakouts
• rescues
• slips
• lams
• liberations
• redemptions
• salvations
• releases
• deliverances
• jailbreaks
• close calls
• close shaves
• near misses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incarcerations
• confinements
• imprisonments
• internments
• captivities
• holdings
• detentions
• immurements
• risks
• custodies
• hazards
• holds
• troubles
• perils
• jeopardies
• retentions
• imperilments
• endangerments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flights

FlyDubai, the lower-cost sister carrier of Emirates airlines, said its flights to and from Israel would be suspended while an investigation takes place. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

Targeting practical industrial tasks The initial flights used only one battery pack, but the internal bay can hold two. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

About 1,500 people have been returned to France under the deal, and deportation flights will continue for those already detained, Britain’s Home Office said. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

The kingdom does not have formal diplomatic ties with Israel, but ended its longstanding ban on Israeli flights overflying its territory in 2022. — Samy Magdy, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

There are two 18-hour direct flights a week to the UK, on a military plane, or one commercial flight a week to Chile. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026

The vast majority of those Falcon flights have been dedicated to launching SpaceX’s own Starlink satellites. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Unlike previous suborbital flights that have lasted only about an hour, Flight 14’s orbital jaunt is expected to last about 10 hours from liftoff to splashdown of Ship 41 in the Pacific Ocean. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Vacation plans and long flights required strategizing and prepping to manage sudden waves of heat. — Partner Content, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026