Tom attached the string to the kite.
Source: tatoeba (37064)
Kite
/kʰaɪt/
Synonyms for "kite" (60 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: aerofoil toy, aeroplane, airborne toy, aircraft, airplane.
- Sentence evidence is available for kite, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, moby, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "kite".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "kite"
Keep "kite" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "kite" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "kite", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "kite" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
10 entriesblack kitebox kitedelta kitediamond kitelinked account kitingred kitesingle line flighttwo account kitingtwo line flightwhite-tailed kite
Collocations
11 entriesbox kitecheck kitingdelta kitediamond kiteflying toykite stringkiting schemelinked accountsred kitesingle line flightwind gust
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 88 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- kleuëng noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Albanian
1 entries- qift noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λούπης noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- ἴκτινος noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Arabic
2 entries- حداية noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- حَدَأَة noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Armenian
2 entries- ուրուր noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- ցին noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Assamese
3 entries- চিলনী noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- চিলা noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- শেন চৰাই noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Asturian
3 entries- galfarru noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- milatu noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- milán noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çalağan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Basque
1 entries- miru noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Bats
1 entries- ძე̄რ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Belarusian
1 entries- каршу́н noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Breton
1 entries- skoul noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ка́ня noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Burmese
1 entries- စွန် noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Catalan
1 entries- milà noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Chechen
1 entries- гӏиргӏа noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鳶 /鸢 noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Czech
1 entries- luňák noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Danish
1 entries- glente noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Dutch
1 entries- wouw noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- курныж noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Esperanto
1 entries- milvo noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Faroese
1 entries- gletta noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Finnish
4 entries- haukka noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- leija noun (sailing, slang: spinnaker — see also spinnaker)
- leko noun (military aviation, slang: aircraft — see also aircraft)
- liitohaukka noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
French
1 entries- milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Friulian
1 entries- nibli noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Galician
4 entries- albela noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- bullafre noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- busaco noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- miango noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Georgian
1 entries- ძერა noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
German
1 entries- Milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Greek
1 entries- τσίφτης noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Hebrew
1 entries- דַּיָּה noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Hindi
1 entries- चील noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Hungarian
2 entries- kuhi noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- kánya noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Irish
1 entries- cúr noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Italian
1 entries- nibbio noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Japanese
2 entries- トビ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- 鳶 noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Kaitag
1 entries- анкъкъав noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Kashmiri
2 entries- گانٛٹھ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- گٲنٛٹھ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Ket
2 entries- ӄаӈгит noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- ӄа’ӈ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្លែង noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Korean
1 entries- 솔개 noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Latin
1 entries- milvus noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Latvian
1 entries- klija noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Laz
2 entries- მჯაჯი noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- ჩაილაღი noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Lithuanian
1 entries- peslys noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Macedonian
1 entries- луња noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Mazanderani
1 entries- جول noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Middle English
2 entries- glede noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- kyte noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ძერა noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Mongolian
3 entries- илээ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- элээ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- ᠡᠯᠢᠶᠡ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Nanai
1 entries- пичуэн noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Neapolitan
1 entries- niglio noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Nivkh
1 entries- пʼиск noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Northern Altai
1 entries- сары noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- glente noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Occitan
1 entries- milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Old English
1 entries- glida noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Old French
1 entries- escofle noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صیچانجیل noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Persian
4 entries- جول noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- خات noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- زَغَن noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- غَلیواج noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Polish
1 entries- kania noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Portuguese
1 entries- milhafre noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਇੱਲ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Romanian
3 entries- erete noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- gaie noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Russian
1 entries- ко́ршун noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Santali
1 entries- ᱠᱩᱲᱤᱫ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Sardinian
3 entries- asturolia noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- tiloria noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- tzirolia noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- clamhan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lunja noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- луња noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Sicilian
1 entries- nigghiu noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Slovak
1 entries- haja noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Slovene
3 entries- škarjek noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- škarnik noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- škarnjek noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тейлеген noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Spanish
2 entries- aguililla noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- milano noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Svan
1 entries- ჟუ̂ი̄ნა noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Swahili
1 entries- mwewe noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Swedish
1 entries- glada noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Tarifit
1 entries- asiwan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Tatar
1 entries- тилгән noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Tibetan
1 entries- པིང་ཀྱུ་མ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Turkish
1 entries- çaylak noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шулі́ка noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Urdu
1 entries- چیل noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Venetan
2 entries- pogia noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- poja noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Welsh
2 entries- barcud noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
- barcudiaid noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
West-Frisian
1 entries- glee noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Wolof
1 entries- céeli bi noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Yakut
1 entries- элиэ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
Sample sentences
71 total sentences available.
Flying a kite can be dangerous.
Source: tatoeba (40912)
The kite went upward.
Source: tatoeba (40913)
The kite got caught in the tree.
Source: tatoeba (40916)
Showing 4 of 71 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "kite"?
Closest matches include aerofoil toy, aeroplane, airborne toy, aircraft, airplane.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "kite"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.