Do you ever dream about flying through the sky?
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Flying
//ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "flying" (164 found)
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nimble footednimble-footednondurablenonpermanenton the spotpassingperishablepilotageplungingprecipitateprogressivepromptquickquick as lightningquick as thoughtrapidrecklessreflowingrefluentregressiveretrogressiverisingrocket-propelledrotaryrotationalrotatoryrunningrushingsailingsailplaningshort livedshort-livedsidewardsinkingslap-bangslapdashsnapsnappysoaringspankingspeedystreamingsuperficialswifttemporaltemporarytransienttransitivetransitoryundurableunenduringunstableup-trendingupwardurgentvanishingvolantvolatilevolitantwingedwinging
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25 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πτηνός adj (that can fly)
Bulgarian
1 entries- летя́щ adj (that can fly)
Catalan
2 entries- volador adj (that can fly)
- voladora adj (that can fly)
Danish
1 entries- flyvende adj (that can fly)
Finnish
3 entries- hätäinen adj (brief, hurrying)
- irti adj (nautical: not secured by yards)
- lentävä adj (that can fly)
French
2 entries- volant adj (that can fly)
- volante adj (that can fly)
German
1 entries- fliegend adj (that can fly)
Irish
2 entries- eitilte adj (that can fly)
- eitleach adj (brief, hurrying)
Italian
1 entries- volante adj (that can fly)
Latin
1 entries- volucer adj (that can fly)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skraidantis adj (that can fly)
Portuguese
3 entries- voador adj (that can fly)
- voadora adj (that can fly)
- voante adj (that can fly)
Spanish
2 entries- volador adj (that can fly)
- volante adj (that can fly)
Swedish
1 entries- flygande adj (that can fly)
Tocharian B
1 entries- salamo adj (that can fly)
Turkish
1 entries- uçan adj (that can fly)
Welsh
1 entries- hedegog adj (that can fly)
Sample sentences
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I saw a flock of birds flying aloft.
Source: tatoeba (18182)
A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.
Source: tatoeba (18264)
It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.
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