Synonyms of planes

planes 1 of 3

noun

plural of plane

as in airplanes

a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift

a plane flew overhead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• airplanes
• aeroplanes
• airliners
• aircraft
• ships
• airships
• jets
• bombers
• tractors
• tankers
• airframes
• freighters
• liners
• biplanes
• jetliners
• seaplanes
• air taxis
• turboprops
• warplanes
• fighters
• turbojets
• supersonics
• gliders
• rocket planes
• amphibians
• supersonic transports
• torpedo bombers
• sailplanes
• aerodynes
• lightplanes
• aerospace planes
• superjets
• triplanes
• trijets
• jump jets
• air-cushion vehicles
• trimotors
• towplanes
• tilt-rotors

planes

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of plane

as in smooths

to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps

planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smooths
• shaves
• levels
• rakes
• trims
• flattens
• crops
• evens
• clips
• prunes
• surfaces
• cards
• combs
• pares
• smoothens
• lays
• spreads
• presses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughs
• roughens
• wrinkles
• bends
• coarsens
• pits
• rumples
• dents
• kinks

planes

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of plane

as in flies

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

an eagle planed effortlessly overhead, gliding on an air current

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flies
• wings
• hovers
• sails
• floats
• glides
• soars
• drifts
• darts
• aviates
• flutters
• jets
• orbits
• coasts
• helicopters
• cruises
• sweeps
• wafts
• rockets
• catapults
• flits
• hangs
• stoops
• dives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of planes

Noun

Airport lounges and planes can be aggressively over-air-conditioned, so a good midweight layer earns its space quickly. — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026

The new tower, expected to open in about 22 months, will be 50 feet taller, allowing controllers better visuals of the entire runway for incoming planes. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

The unit – cobbled together from pilots without units – shot down or destroyed more than 200 Japanese planes from August 1943 to January 1944. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Infected people get on planes and travel to less monitored regions. — Stephanie Psaki, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026

Almost a year in the planning, the aircraft will be supported by three refueling planes, two transport aircraft and around 300 personnel overseen from a headquarters near Lyon in eastern France. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026

Morgan was a young airbus pilot for United when terrorists hijacked four planes and used them to attack the United States. — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026

The planes had entered Cuban airspace as part of a campaign to tighten various sanctions and apply pressure for change in the Cuban political system. — Andrea Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Many have installed Engineered Materials Arresting Systems — essentially, crushable materials at the ends of runways designed to help stop planes that overrun the runway. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026