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

On Wednesday, Steel suggested the text had nothing to do with the flights booked using one of his management company’s credit cards for the men charged as his co-defendants in the government’s first indictment. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

On January 23rd, many of them temporarily disrupted the airport to protest deportation flights; about a hundred were arrested. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Airlines responded by raising prices, adding fuel surcharges and offering fewer flights. — George Petras, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

In 2024 and 2025, for example, the rocket lifted off a total of 297 times, and 211 of those were Starlink flights. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Some 150 flights to and from Okinawa's Naha airport have been canceled. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

Skiers flying in and out of Sun Valley this winter will have daily nonstop flights to eight cities. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026

In addition, the original estimate that the Falcon 9 reusable boosters were only good for 10 flights has been shattered by the latest mission using a booster that had flown 37 times. — David Szondy august 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026

On top of that, the Iranian airspace was closed to all flights during the bombings and Iranians were fleeing the country. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026