soar

1 to move or extend upward the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris Synonyms arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, ascend, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturnRelated Words surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tipNear Antonyms dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slideAntonyms decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

2 to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings bats soaring and swooping through the night air Synonyms aviate, glide, plane, fly, wingRelated Words drift, float, hang, hover, waft; coast, cruise, sail, sweep; dart, flit, flutter; catapult, helicopter, jet, orbit, rocket; dive, stoop

3 to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage Synonyms rocket, shoot (up), skyrocket, zoomRelated Words accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax; crest, peak, surge; heighten, intensifyNear Antonyms collapse, fall; contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, waneAntonyms nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble