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

Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

Eighty of the rocket's flights this year have been dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 11,000 active spacecraft. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Peden has their own professional flying grooms that travel with the horses for championships and Olympic flights, while there are also vets and stable grooms, such as Vard on board. — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

British Airways, meanwhile, canceled or diverted around 100 flights, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

The runway restrictions in Miami are affecting departing and arriving flights, leading to dozens of cancellations and delays since Sunday. — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

So many faux-drone overhead flights across the Thames, dotted with pretty little boats! — Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

That’s evident in both her mental acuity as well as her physical agility, demonstrated by her ease in climbing several flights of stairs to enter her spacious apartment. — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Since launching in May 2024, the dog-centric luxury airline has flown nearly 1 million miles, transporting 2,661 pets across 40 breeds via more than 360 flights. — Rebecca Norris, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026