flying as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
flying
noun
1 flying
An instance of traveling by air:
— Flying was still an exciting adventure for him.
synonym: flight.
Roget 267:
navigation;
aquatics;
boating,
yachting;
ship
etc.
273;
oar,
paddle,
screw,
sail,
canvas,
aileron.
natation†,
swimming;
fin,
flipper,
fish's tail.
aerostation†,
aerostatics†,
aeronautics;
balloonery†;
balloon
etc.
273;
ballooning,
aviation,
airmanship;
flying,
flight,
volitation†;
wing,
pinion;
rocketry,
space travel,
astronautics,
orbital mechanics,
orbiting.
voyage,
sail,
cruise,
passage,
circumnavigation,
periplus†;
headway,
sternway,
leeway;
fairway.
mariner
etc.
269.
flight,
trip;
shuttle,
run,
airlift.
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Roget 274:
velocity,
speed,
celerity;
swiftness
etc.
adj.;
rapidity,
eagle speed;
expedition
etc.
(activity)
682;
pernicity†;
acceleration;
haste
etc.
684.
spurt,
rush,
dash,
race,
steeple chase;
smart rate,
lively rate,
swift rate
etc.
adj.;
rattling rate,
spanking rate,
strapping rate,
smart pace,
lively pace,
swift pace,
rattling pace,
spanking pace,
strapping pace;
round pace;
flying,
flight.
lightning,
greased lightning,
light,
electricity,
wind;
cannon ball,
rocket,
arrow,
dart,
hydrargyrum [Lat.],
quicksilver;
telegraph,
express train;
torrent.
eagle,
antelope,
courser,
race horse,
gazelle,
greyhound,
hare,
doe,
squirrel,
camel bird,
chickaree†,
chipmunk,
hackee [U.S.],
ostrich,
scorcher [Slang].
Mercury,
Ariel†,
Camilla†,
Harlequin.
[Measurement of velocity]
log,
log line;
speedometer,
odometer,
tachometer,
strobe,
radar speed detector,
radar trap,
air speed gauge,
wind sock,
wind speed meter;
pedometer.
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Dutch: aviatiek, luchtvaart, luchtvaartverkeer, luchtverkeer, vliegerij, vliegverkeer
Polish: latanie
adjective
1 flying
Moving swiftly:
— Fast-flying planes.
— Played the difficult passage with flying fingers.
synonym: fast-flying.
2 flying
Hurried and brief:
— Paid a flying visit.
— Took a flying glance at the book.
synonyms: fast, quick.
Roget 274:
fast,
speedy,
swift,
rapid,
quick,
fleet;
aliped†;
nimble,
agile,
expeditious;
express;
active
etc.
682;
flying,
galloping
etc.
v.;
light footed,
nimble footed;
winged,
eagle winged,
mercurial,
electric,
telegraphic;
light-legged,
light of heel;
swift as an arrow
etc.
n.;
quick as lightning
etc.
n.,
quick as a thought.
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Roget 111:
transient,
transitory,
transitive;
passing,
evanescent,
fleeting,
cursory,
short-lived,
ephemeral;
flying
etc.
v.;
fugacious,
fugitive;
shifting,
slippery;
spasmodic;
instantaneous,
momentaneous†.
temporal,
temporary;
provisional,
provisory;
deciduous;
perishable,
mortal,
precarious,
unstable,
insecure;
impermanent.
brief,
quick,
brisk,
extemporaneous,
summary;
pressed for time
etc.
(haste)
684;
sudden,
momentary
etc.
(instantaneous)
113.
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Polish: szybki
Moby thesaurus: aeronautics, agile, air service, airborne, airline, ascending, astronautics, aviation, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, ballooning, blind flying, breakneck, brittle, capricious, changeable, cloud-seeding, commercial aviation, contact flying, corruptible, cruising, cursory, dashing, deciduous, descending, disappearing, dissolving, double-quick, down-trending, downward, drifting, dying, eagle-winged, ephemeral, evanescent, evaporating, expeditious, express, fading, fast, festinate, feverish, fickle, fleet, fleeting, flight, flitting, flowing, fluent, fluttering, fly-by-night, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, furious, galloping, general aviation, gliding, going, gyrational, gyratory, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hovering, hurried, hustling, immediate, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, instant, insubstantial, jet-propelled, last-minute, light of heel, light-footed, lively, melting, mercurial, momentary, mortal, mounting, mutable, nimble, nimble-footed, nondurable, nonpermanent, on the spot, passing, perishable, pilotage, plunging, precipitate, progressive, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, reckless, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive, rising, rocket-propelled, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, rushing, sailing, sailplaning, short-lived, sideward, sinking, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, snappy, soaring, spanking, speedy, streaming, superficial, swift, temporal, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable, up-trending, upward, urgent, vanishing, volant, volatile, volitant, winged, winging ... show more.
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