Synonyms of planes

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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

Instead, the private sector on both sides needs to educate itself, get on a few planes, and test some markets and products. — Barrett Bingley, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

The Miami airport is not equipped with arresting systems that the FAA says have been installed at more than 120 airports nationwide to safely stop planes that do go past the end of a runway. — ABC News, 7 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

How can children manage recurring memories of planes taking down the skyscrapers that defined their childhood landscape? — Dr. Victor Fornari, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

According to aviation analytics company Cirium, 21 Air operates eight Boeing 767 planes for Amazon Air, the retailer’s cargo airline. — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Looking down at planes below Working on the 105th floor, Dadakis said, was an amazing experience. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Francis Lufkin, whose job was to climb into trees and retrieve parachutes, had been forbidden to jump out of planes by his wife. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026