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

Several African countries have provided planes and buses to bring their citizens home during a surge in anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa in recent months that has sparked some attacks against foreigners and left parts of the country on edge. — ABC News, 13 July 2026

By owning the actual planes, trucks and sorting hubs required to move goods globally, these companies possess a structural advantage and a level of operational scale that new competitors cannot replicate overnight. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

All of which suggests that your best bet might be to try to fly on planes with slightly wider seats. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

The Lense-Thirring effect, which pushes both orbital planes in the same direction, adds algebraically—the noise vanishes and the relativistic signal survives. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

Boeing is building two new presidential planes that are expected to be completed in 2028. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 July 2026

However, the new planes Boeing is currently working on, that will eventually replace the Qatari donated jet, will not have that capability either. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

The program combines classroom theory along with practical work on machinery and a fleet of older planes used for practice at an air field on Pittsburgh's outskirts. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026

In the meantime, Airbus and MTU are working to create a broader hydrogen aircraft ecosystem along with regulatory frameworks for the operation and certification of future sustainable planes. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 July 2026