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

Shoulder season United and Delta aren’t alone, as airlines across the board are redeploying some of their biggest planes to maintain service to Europe for the full year or well into the offseason. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 July 2026

EasyJet’s most attractive assets include a fleet of 356 modern Airbus A320 family aircraft; an order book of 287 planes with an additional 100 purchase rights; and prime landing slots in London, Milan and Geneva. — Kate Duffy, Fortune, 6 July 2026

People have been searching the barrier island on foot, as well as using planes and boats. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 July 2026

In those moments, what frightened her most was not her own safety but the knowledge that her husband was up there somewhere, flying in the same sky swarming with fighter planes dropping their bombs on Tehran. — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026

The fire department said 210 firefighters, backed up by volunteers, specialized teams and 29 aircraft, including water-dropping planes and helicopters, were deployed to battle the blaze burning through pine forest in the Mandra area. — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Sánchez still maintains Zapatero is innocent, but has yet to explain why the bailout of a firm that only has four planes should have been so generous, said The Economist. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 5 July 2026

An Associated Press analysis of the same database found that in 2024, drones accounted for nearly two-thirds of reported near midair collisions involving commercial passenger planes taking off and landing at the country’s top 30 busiest airports. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

However, the sonic booms generated by the chase planes currently obscure any quieter sonic thump from the X-59. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026