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

Tensions had already intensified Monday when Pakistani fighter jets struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that Islamabad described as militant hideouts. — Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

The new batch of Su-57 multi-role fighter jets have been modernized based on extensive experience from its use in combat operations, according to reports. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

The deal included commitments from Beijing to purchase 25 million metric tons of American soybeans, while Washington offered to sell Boeing jets. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026

Executive Director Dan Vicari said the airport’s 54-year-old, 50-foot tower didn’t provide controllers with the most accurate visibility of jets approaching the longer runway. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

The jets will be of the F-35A variety, which means a conventional takeoff as opposed to the F-35B, which can take off vertically. — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Also on the agenda will be China’s stockpiles of rare earth minerals, essential to everything from smartphones to fighter jets. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

And, as Europe has felt more threatened by Russian incursions, a week ago NATO fighter jets destroyed a drone near Romania’s natural gas projects in the Black Sea. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

The latest flare-up revives memories of the 1982 war that killed hundreds on both sides, but today a far stronger British garrison, modern jets and naval patrols make any new conflict far riskier. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 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