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

China holds a trump card in rare earths — critical minerals necessary for making many items, from smartphones to electric vehicles and fighter jets. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

In a series of Facebook posts, Romanian defense minister Radu-Dinel Miruţă said F-16 fighter jets destroyed a marine drone in the vicinity of the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea on Thursday. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Witnesses say fighter jets dropped two bombs minutes apart on Swel Le Oh village, near Mandalay, as more than 100 worshipers gathered, forcing survivors to flee after cremating victims. — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

If approved on schedule, the aircraft will follow 500 delivered CJ4-series jets. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

To protect the lives of the workers and the offshore gas infrastructure, the Romanian military scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to stop the drone with cannon fire, Miruță said. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Remnant radio galaxies represent the final stage in the evolution of radio galaxies, at which point the jets from the galaxies' central regions, or active galactic nuclei (AGNs) powered by feeding supermassive black holes, have switched off. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Qatar’s armed forces captured and are holding three Iranian pilots who went missing in March when their jets were downed, the Missing Persons Committee of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff said. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Researchers also observed intricate flows, jets and streamers moving through the corona in remarkable detail. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 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