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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fly

1 to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings

  • the Wright brothers realized mankindʼs age-old wish to fly
Synonyms of fly

aviate, glide, plane, soar, wing
Words Related to fly

drift, float, hang, hover, waft

coast, cruise, sail, sweep

dart, flit, flutter

catapult, helicopter, jet, orbit, rocket

dive, stoop

2 to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

  • you must fly to safety immediately
Synonyms of fly

abscond, break out (of), clear out, escape, flee, get out, lam, run away, run off
Words Related to fly

avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun

decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out

disentangle, extricate

bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Phrases Synonymous with fly

break free
Near Antonyms of fly

abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

come back, return

3 to proceed or move quickly

  • flew down the concourse to catch his flight
Synonyms of fly

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
Words Related to fly

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

arrow, beeline
Phrases Synonymous with fly

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Near Antonyms of fly

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms of fly

crawl, creep, poke

4 to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

  • no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police
Synonyms of fly

bolt, break, bug out, flee, hightail (it), retreat, run, run away, run off, skedaddle
Words Related to fly

abscond, clear out, decamp, elope, escape, get (away), get out, lam, light out, make off, mizzle [chiefly British], scarper [British], scat, scram, skip (out), skirr
Phrases Synonymous with fly

beat a retreat, beat it, make tracks, turn tail
Near Antonyms of fly

beard, brave, confront, dare, defy, face

abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

5 to cease to be visible

  • the morning mist had flown, and a sparkling sea lay before us
Synonyms of fly

dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, melt, sink, vanish
Words Related to fly

blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up

blur, dim
Phrases Synonymous with fly

drop out of sight
Near Antonyms of fly

arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up
Antonyms of fly

appear, materialize

6 to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval

  • the familiar "Because I said so!" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers
Synonyms of fly

hold up, pass, stand up, wash
Words Related to fly

get through, go down, go over, go through, play, take, work
Phrases Synonymous with fly

hold water, pass muster

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