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

Jake Hutzler spends his workdays directing planes from an airport tower. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

But Avalon Mayor Pro Tem Michael Ponce said most crashes involve sightseeing helicopters and private planes generally unfamiliar with the island’s unique landscape and runway, officials say. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The Coast Guard has deployed two search and rescue planes as well as a helicopter and a motor lifeboat. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

American Airlines planes wait at gates at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on May 1, 2026. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

The airport used to close for the event when fewer planes used it, Parks said. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

In other clips in the video, more planes from El Al, as well as one from Arkia, another Israeli airline, are shown. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

The sequence in which a half dozen planes battle Ghidorah in the air is grand, eye-popping filmmaking. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026

Existing control planes are built around instances, containers, storage and networks. — Anshu Bansal, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026