I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
Source: tatoeba (27011)
Wing
/wɪŋ/
Synonyms for "wing" (329 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (66)
Strong matches (99)
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Related words (164)
hydroplaneimpin-groupinactivateincapacitateingroupinterestinterest groupjetjointjuntajurisdictionkeepingkiboshkitchen policekpllameleglegion
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Adjective(1 words)
political division
Verb(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: extension, act drop, addition, additions, adlib.
- Sentence evidence is available for wing, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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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 "wing".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "wing"
Keep "wing" 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 "wing" 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 "wing", 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 "wing" 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
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
More specific
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Collocations
10 entriesairplane wingwing beatwing loadingwing membranewing rootwing shapewing spanwing strokewing tipwingspan
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
340 translations across 229 languages.
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Afrikaans
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Ahom
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Amharic
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Ao
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Arabela
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Arabic
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- جناح noun (part of an animal)
- جناح noun (air force unit)
- جَنَاح noun (part of an animal)
Aramaic
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Argobba
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Armenian
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Aromanian
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Assamese
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- পাখি noun (part of an animal)
Asturian
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- ala noun (air force unit)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qanad noun (part of an animal)
Bangi
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Bashkir
1 entries- ҡанат noun (part of an animal)
Basque
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Belarusian
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Bengali
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Bhojpuri
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Bikol Central
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Breton
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Bulgarian
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- импровизирам verb (to be extemporaneous)
Burmese
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Butuanon
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Catalan
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- ala noun (air force unit)
- ala noun (sports: person in such position)
- aler noun (sports: person in such position)
Cebuano
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Central Kurdish
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Central Melanau
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Chamorro
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Chechen
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Cherokee
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Chichewa
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Chickasaw
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Chinese
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- 翅股 noun (part of an animal)
- 翼仔 noun (part of an animal)
Chinese Cantonese
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- 翼 noun (part of an animal)
Chinese Mandarin
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Church Slavic
1 entries- крило noun (part of an animal)
Chuvash
1 entries- ҫунат noun (part of an animal)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qanat noun (part of an animal)
Czech
1 entries- křídlo noun (part of an animal)
Danish
1 entries- vinge noun (part of an animal)
Dari
1 entries- بَال noun (part of an animal)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ވަރަ noun (part of an animal)
Dutch
4 entries- vleder noun (part of an animal)
- vlerk noun (part of an animal)
- vleugel noun (part of an animal)
- wiek noun (part of an animal)
Egyptian
1 entries- D:n-H-D3 noun (part of an animal)
Elfdalian
1 entries- waingg noun (part of an animal)
Erzya
2 entries- паця noun (part of an animal)
- сёлмо noun (part of an animal)
Esperanto
1 entries- flugilo noun (part of an animal)
Estonian
3 entries- pataljon noun (air force unit)
- rügement noun (air force unit)
- tiib noun (part of an animal)
Evenki
1 entries- асаки noun (part of an animal)
Faroese
1 entries- vongur noun (part of an animal)
Finnish
4 entries- laitahyökkääjä noun (sports: position in many team sports)
- laitahyökkääjä noun (sports: person in such position)
- laituri noun (sports: position in many team sports)
- laituri noun (sports: person in such position)
French
4 entries- aile noun (part of an animal)
- aile noun (sports: position in many team sports)
- ailier noun (sports: person in such position)
- improviser verb (to be extemporaneous)
Friulian
1 entries- ale noun (part of an animal)
Galician
1 entries- á noun (part of an animal)
Gan Chinese
2 entries- 翅膀 noun (part of an animal)
- 翼膀 noun (part of an animal)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ክንፍ noun (part of an animal)
Georgian
1 entries- ფრთა noun (part of an animal)
German
4 entries- Fattig noun (part of an animal)
- Flügel noun (part of an animal)
- Fëcke noun (part of an animal)
- Schwinge noun (part of an animal)
Greek
4 entries- πτέρυγα noun (part of an animal)
- πτέρυγα noun (air force unit)
- φτερούγα noun (part of an animal)
- φτερό noun (part of an animal)
Greenlandic
1 entries- isaroq noun (part of an animal)
Gujarati
1 entries- પીછા noun (part of an animal)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- zèl noun (part of an animal)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 翼 noun (part of an animal)
- 翼胛 noun (part of an animal)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻēheu noun (part of an animal)
Hebrew
2 entries- אֶבְרָה noun (part of an animal)
- כָּנָף noun (part of an animal)
Higaonon
1 entries- pakpak noun (part of an animal)
Hindi
4 entries- पंख noun (part of an animal)
- पक्ष noun (part of an animal)
- पर noun (part of an animal)
- पर्ण noun (part of an animal)
Hungarian
1 entries- szárny noun (part of an animal)
Icelandic
1 entries- vængur noun (part of an animal)
Ilocano
1 entries- payak noun (part of an animal)
Indonesian
1 entries- sayap noun (part of an animal)
Ingrian
1 entries- siipi noun (part of an animal)
Interlingua
2 entries- ala noun (part of an animal)
- improvisar verb (to be extemporaneous)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐃᓴᕈᖅ noun (part of an animal)
Inupiaq
1 entries- israġuq noun (part of an animal)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- بال noun (part of an animal)
- پَر noun (part of an animal)
Iranun
1 entries- papak noun (part of an animal)
Irish
2 entries- cliathán noun (sports: person in such position)
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Italian
2 entries- ala noun (part of an animal)
- squadra noun (air force unit)
Ivatan
1 entries- panid noun (part of an animal)
Japanese
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- 飛行隊 noun (air force unit)
Javanese
1 entries- suwiwi noun (part of an animal)
Kabardian
1 entries- дамэ noun (part of an animal)
Kannada
1 entries- ರೆಕ್ಕೆ noun (part of an animal)
Kashubian
1 entries- skrzidło noun (part of an animal)
Kazakh
1 entries- қанат noun (part of an animal)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្លាប noun (part of an animal)
Kikuyu
1 entries- ithagu noun (part of an animal)
Kimaragang
1 entries- kawo noun (part of an animal)
Kituba
1 entries- dipapu noun (part of an animal)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- борд noun (part of an animal)
Korean
1 entries- 날개 noun (part of an animal)
Kumyk
1 entries- къанат noun (part of an animal)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- канат noun (part of an animal)
Laboya
1 entries- kapa noun (part of an animal)
Ladino
1 entries- ala noun (part of an animal)
Lao
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Latgalian
1 entries- spuorns noun (part of an animal)
Latin
1 entries- āla noun (part of an animal)
Latvian
1 entries- spārns noun (part of an animal)
Lezgi
1 entries- лув noun (part of an animal)
Limburgish
1 entries- vläögel noun (part of an animal)
Lingala
1 entries- lipapu noun (part of an animal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sparnas noun (part of an animal)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kśidło noun (part of an animal)
Lutuv
1 entries- mathlaa noun (part of an animal)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Fliicht noun (part of an animal)
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Macedonian
1 entries- крило noun (part of an animal)
Malagasy
1 entries- elatra noun (part of an animal)
Malay
2 entries- kepak noun (part of an animal)
- sayap noun (part of an animal)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചിറക് noun (part of an animal)
Maltese
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Manchu
1 entries- ᠠᠰᡥᠠ noun (part of an animal)
Manx
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Marathi
1 entries- पंख noun (part of an animal)
Middle English
1 entries- winge noun (part of an animal)
Mohawk
1 entries- óweia noun (part of an animal)
Moksha
1 entries- паця noun (part of an animal)
Mongolian
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Māori
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Northern Sami
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1 entries- ᨸᩦ᩠ᨠ noun (part of an animal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vinge noun (part of an animal)
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Occitan
1 entries- ala noun (part of an animal)
Odia
1 entries- ଡେଣା noun (part of an animal)
Ojibwe
1 entries- oningwiigan noun (part of an animal)
Okinawan
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Old East Slavic
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Old English
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Old Irish
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Old Japanese
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Ottoman Turkish
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- improvisar verb (to be extemporaneous)
Punjabi
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Rohingya
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- ela noun (part of an animal)
Russian
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- кра́йний напада́ющий noun (sports: person in such position)
- крыло́ noun (part of an animal)
Samoan
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Sanskrit
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Sardinian
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- ala noun (part of an animal)
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Scottish Gaelic
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- cliathaiche noun (sports: person in such position)
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- sgiath noun (part of an animal)
Sebop
1 entries- anyap noun (part of an animal)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krílo noun (part of an animal)
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Shan
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Silesian
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Sinhalese
1 entries- පක්ෂය noun (part of an animal)
Slovak
1 entries- krídlo noun (part of an animal)
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1 entries- krilo noun (part of an animal)
Somali
1 entries- baal noun (part of an animal)
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1 entries- канат noun (part of an animal)
Spanish
4 entries- [el] ala noun (part of an animal)
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- ala noun (sports: person in such position)
- alera noun (sports: person in such position)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒉺 noun (part of an animal)
Sundanese
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Swahili
3 entries- bawa noun (part of an animal)
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Swedish
1 entries- vinge noun (part of an animal)
Tagalog
1 entries- pakpak noun (part of an animal)
Tai Dam
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Tamil
1 entries- இறக்கை noun (part of an animal)
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1 entries- afar noun (part of an animal)
Tatar
1 entries- канат noun (part of an animal)
Tausug
1 entries- pikpik noun (part of an animal)
Telugu
1 entries- రెక్క noun (part of an animal)
Thai
1 entries- ปีก noun (part of an animal)
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1 entries- གཤོག་པ noun (part of an animal)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- han noun (part of an animal)
Tooro
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Turkish
2 entries- kanat noun (part of an animal)
- kanat noun (sports: position in many team sports)
Turkmen
1 entries- ganat noun (part of an animal)
Udmurt
1 entries- бурд noun (part of an animal)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎋𐎐𐎔 noun (part of an animal)
Ukrainian
2 entries- авіабрига́да noun (air force unit)
- крило́ noun (part of an animal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- křidło noun (part of an animal)
Urdu
1 entries- پَنکْھ noun (part of an animal)
Uyghur
1 entries- قانات noun (part of an animal)
Uzbek
1 entries- qanot noun (part of an animal)
Venetan
1 entries- ała noun (part of an animal)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cánh noun (part of an animal)
Vilamovian
1 entries- fłygel noun (part of an animal)
Volapük
1 entries- flitäm noun (part of an animal)
Walloon
2 entries- aiye noun (part of an animal)
- pena noun (part of an animal)
Welsh
4 entries- adain noun (part of an animal)
- asgell noun (part of an animal)
- asgell noun (sports: person in such position)
- asgellwr noun (sports: person in such position)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- pepik noun (part of an animal)
West Flemish
1 entries- vleire noun (part of an animal)
West-Frisian
2 entries- flerk noun (part of an animal)
- wjuk noun (part of an animal)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- tarago noun (part of an animal)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 翅膀 noun (part of an animal)
Xhosa
1 entries- iphiko noun (part of an animal)
Xiang Chinese
2 entries- 翅膀 noun (part of an animal)
- 翼胛 noun (part of an animal)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- бал noun (part of an animal)
Yakut
1 entries- кынат noun (part of an animal)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿליגל noun (part of an animal)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- xiikʼ noun (part of an animal)
Zazaki
4 entries- bask noun (part of an animal)
- kışt noun (sports: position in many team sports)
- parzonî noun (part of an animal)
- perzane noun (part of an animal)
Zealandic
2 entries- vleke noun (part of an animal)
- vlerke noun (part of an animal)
Zhuang
1 entries- fwed noun (part of an animal)
Zulu
1 entries- iphiko noun (part of an animal)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
Since I don't know what questions I'll be asked, I'll have to wing it at my presentation.
Source: tatoeba (36623)
The bird's wing was broken.
Source: tatoeba (45018)
Just try to wing it.
Source: tatoeba (52057)
Showing 4 of 30 available sentences.
Common questions
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