supersonic

noun

Definition of supersonicnext
as in jet

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Recent Examples of supersonic Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024 The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020 There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic. — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019 The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
  1. jet
  2. turbojet
  3. turboprop
  4. jetliner
  5. aircraft
Noun
  • In Hungary, the defense minister said fighter jets escorted three passenger planes Friday through the country's airspace within an hour after each received a bomb threat.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • From counter-drone defenses to advanced sensors integrated into tanks and fighter jets, the technologies transforming the battlefield are also changing, or even expanding, the markets served by legacy defense giants.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of jet
Noun
  • The system targets another engineering challenge involving different turbojet designs.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But then the development of modern high-bypass turbofan jet engines that are 75% quieter than 1960s-technology turbojets eliminated much of the controversy.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026
Definition of turbojet
Noun
  • In mid-October Reliable’s software taxied, took off and landed a Cessna Grand Caravan, a single-engine turboprop plane, at Albuquerque’s main airport while a pilot supervised from company headquarters in California, more than 700 miles away.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The aircraft uses an advanced commercial jet airframe designed for greater speed, range, payload capacity, and operating altitude than legacy turboprop ISR platforms.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of turboprop
Noun
  • Trump and his family members have accepted a jetliner from the emir of Qatar, a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, and profits from a number of cryptocurrency enterprises, much of which came from foreign buyers.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The jetliner was stabilized and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of jetliner
Noun
  • And then the spontaneous cheers and shouts erupted as the aircraft, full of returning troops, lifted off the South Vietnam air strip.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • They were told that the plane was blown over by wind, and that the aircraft was parked in its stall when the incident happened.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of aircraft

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“Supersonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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