Synonyms of jets

jets 1 of 2

noun

plural of jet

as in sprays

a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening

bought a new showerhead that emits a superpowerful jet of water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprays
• flushes
• spouts
• spurts
• squirts
• bursts
• blasts
• gushes
• spits
• geysers
• spritzes
• spews
• spouters

jets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jet

1

as in pours

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water jetting out of opened fire hydrants at a dangerously high rate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• streams
• rushes
• squirts
• spouts
• splashes
• spurts
• gushes
• rolls
• spews
• swooshes
• washes
• cascades
• runs
• flushes
• floods
• issues
• surges
• swells
• sloshes
• fountains
• drowns
• plashes
• sluices
• deluges
• swamps
• submerges
• overflows
• engulfs
• inundates
• overwhelms
• submerses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drops
• trickles
• drips
• dribbles
• leaks
• sprinkles
• strains
• bleeds
• seeps
• weeps
• percolates
• oozes
• exudes
• spatters

2

as in ejects

to violently throw out or off (something from within)

the volcano has been jetting out fiery lava in life-threatening amounts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ejects
• erupts
• spits
• expels
• emits
• spouts
• belches
• spurts
• streams
• fires
• disgorges
• pours
• eructs
• spews
• releases
• squirts
• hurls
• exhales
• surges
• springs
• gushes
• vents
• issues
• heaves
• emanates
• shoots
• tosses
• flings
• launches
• discharges
• casts
• pitches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contains
• restrains
• shuts (in or up)
• bottles (up)

3

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

the presidential candidates jetted through the state for a week before racing off to the next primary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• flies
• travels
• rushes
• trots
• drives
• zips
• chases
• hurries
• scurries
• jumps
• darts
• buzzes
• motors
• bowls
• blows
• scoots
• runs
• blasts
• rams
• rockets
• barrels
• dashes
• tears
• zooms
• steps
• belts
• bolts
• rips
• bombs
• shoots
• scuttles
• whirls
• courses
• blazes
• careers
• breezes
• jogs
• humps
• hurls
• bundles
• hustles
• nips
• cracks (on)
• whisks
• hies
• pelts
• hurtles
• hares
• beats it
• cannonballs
• steps on it
• rustles
• bustles
• hastens
• careens
• makes tracks
• highballs
• gallops
• hotfoots (it)
• beetles
• scuds
• shakes a leg
• streaks
• gets a move on
• sprints
• flits
• scampers
• accelerates
• whizzes
• stampedes
• scuffles
• arrows
• steps out
• outruns
• quickens
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lags
• pokes
• crawls
• creeps
• drags
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• tarries
• dawdles
• shuffles
• dallies
• saunters
• ambles
• dillydallies
• decelerates
• lumbers
• slows (down or up)
• plods

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jets

Noun

More than 150 of the charter aircraft are large-cabin and ultra-long-haul jets manufactured by Bombardier, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Dassault. — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Pakistan ‌has since deployed about 8,000 troops, fighter jets, drones ​and an air defense system to the kingdom, Reuters reported in May, and has pursued wider Gulf ‌security ties. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

The incursions became serious enough that Langley canceled nighttime training flights and moved its F-22 jets to another air base. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

Those incursions have forced fighter jets to scramble repeatedly in response, along with leading to a building fire and injuries in Romania following a Russian drone crash. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

Runway length also matters as commercial jets need more room to build enough speed for takeoff in higher temperatures. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

The expenditure of those munitions goes along with other losses of materiel, including fighter jets, airborne early warning and reconnaissance planes, helicopters and drones. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

The new seat is available on select Boeing 777 planes and Airbus A350 jets, and by the end of 2025, Air France expects them to be installed on 80% of its fleet. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026

Abercrombie & Kent utilizes converted commercial jets for 48 and 50 guests, and the aircraft for its Small Jet Journeys carry 10 to 16 passengers. — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026

Verb

The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026

Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026

The rom-com follows a 20-something chef amid a quarter-life crisis who jets off to Italy to find herself, and discovers love in the process. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

In You, Me & Tuscany, Anna (Bailey) impulsively jets off to the Italian countryside to stay in a stranger’s villa sans permission. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026

Season 2 will focus on three more scenic escapes as Ross jets off to new destinations. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025