Thesaurus
fly
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of FLY
1
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings <the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly>
2
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation <you must fly to safety immediately>
Related Words avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun; decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out; disentangle, extricate; bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Near Antonyms abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry; come back, return
3
to proceed or move quickly <flew down the concourse to catch his flight>
Synonyms barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
Related Words beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beeline
4
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening <no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police>
5
to cease to be visible <the morning mist had flown, and a sparkling sea lay before us>
Synonyms dematerialize, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, fly, go (away), melt, sink, vanish
Related Words blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up; blur, dim
Antonyms appear, materialize
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