SOARED Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

soared

verb

past tense of soar

as in climbed

to move or extend upward the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris

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as in flew

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings bats soaring and swooping through the night air

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as in increased

to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage

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Recent Examples of soared In Iran, the rate of inflation for food has soared by nearly 130% over the past 12 months, and people are having to buy food and medicine in installments, according to reports from Iranian media. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Their odds of playing into October have soared from roughly 7 percent to better than 60 percent. — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 SpaceX shares soared on their debut in June, but have since faced volatility with hundreds of billions of dollars wiped from its market cap by the end of July after an intial post-IPO rally. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 Demand for hotel rooms along the path of totality, including in the northern cities of A Coruña, Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela, soared. — Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 After fundraising soared into the millions in the district in 2024, money appears to be flowing in again. — Mary Ramsey august 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 Summary Meta's Partnership Ads have soared to a $10 billion annual run rate, doubling in a year, largely because creators outperform brands. — Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 In neighboring Croatia, tourists in Dubrovnik sought refuge in shade and avoided beaches during the hottest hours of the day as temperatures soared along the Adriatic coast. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 The object has since soared back into deep space, taking the possibility of any answers with it. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

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Meanwhile, that state’s unemployment rate has climbed steadily since the beginning of the year.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the death toll had climbed to 200, thousands had become sick and the president was touting unproven treatments.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Between 2002 to 2014, sequels hovered somewhere between 20 to 30 percent of the overall annual box office, with a few peaks and valleys in between.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
As temperatures hovered around 80 degrees and few clouds obscured a bright blue sky, many people took the opportunity to enjoy a summer day last week at Montrose Beach.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of hovered

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More drones and missiles are slipping through both sides’ fraying air defenses, meaning that the civilian death toll has increased, and more critical infrastructure is being damaged.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Connecticut’s homeless population increased for the fifth year in a row — though at a lower rate than the previous two years.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of increased

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The price swung between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again to deliver crude worldwide.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the share of California public safety employees with at least 15 years of tenure dramatically rose from about 10% in 1996 to 47% in 2024.

— Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of rose

Verb

Jones, in the first major race of his political career, faces a staunch challenge in Thompson, who has held the seat for 30 years and glided into the general election with almost 41% of the vote.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of glided

Verb

Lip liner sales grew 36 percent in the mass market and 34 percent in prestige, effectively playing the role today that lip treatments played from 2022 to 2024 when those skyrocketed in popularity post-Rhode.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
In this edition of the AJC On Campus Roundup, the number of Georgians struggling to pay them back has skyrocketed.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of skyrocketed

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Some guests have sailed their own boats; few would be caught dead on a big ship.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
Rutherford sailed past the Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden just a few days ago, and crossed into waters controlled by the Russian government this weekend.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026

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