fly - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

Synonyms

• fly
• fly ball

More generic

• hit
• hitting
• striking

More specific

• Texas leaguer
• blast
• flare
• line drive
• liner
• pop fly
• pop-fly
• pop-up

Noun

two-winged insects characterized by active flight

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• dipteran
• dipteron
• dipterous insect
• two-winged insects

More specific

• Haematobia irritans
• Musca domestica
• Sarcophaga carnaria
• bee fly
• blow fly
• blowfly
• flesh fly
• gadfly
• glossina
• horn fly
• house fly
• housefly
• tachina fly
• tsetse
• tsetse fly
• tzetze
• tzetze fly

Related

• alula
• calypter

Related

• Diptera
• order Diptera

Noun

an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

Synonyms

• fly
• fly front

More generic

• opening

Related

• garment

Noun

fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• fish lure
• fisherman's lure

More specific

• dry fly
• streamer fly
• wet fly

Noun

flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

Synonyms

• fly
• fly sheet
• rainfly
• tent flap
• tent-fly

More generic

• flap

Related

• fly tent

Verb

decrease rapidly and disappear

Synonyms

• fly
• vanish
• vaporize

More generic

• decrease
• diminish
• fall
• lessen

Related

• fell
• fly
• vanish

Verb

change quickly from one emotional state to another

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• change

Verb

hit a fly

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• hit

Verb

transport by aeroplane

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• carry
• transport

More specific

• airlift
• lift

Related

• aviate
• fly
• pilot

Verb

be dispersed or disseminated

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Verb

travel in an airplane

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• travel

More specific

• red-eye

Related

• aviate
• fly
• pilot

Verb

move quickly or suddenly

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• move

Verb

travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• journey
• travel

Related

• aviate
• fly
• pilot
• wing

Verb

cause to fly or float

Synonyms

• fly

More specific

• kite

Related

• be adrift
• blow
• drift
• float

Related

• fly

Verb

travel through the air; be airborne

Synonyms

• fly
• wing

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• buzz
• flight
• fly on
• hover
• rack
• soar

Related

• fly

Verb

operate an airplane

Synonyms

• aviate
• fly
• pilot

More generic

• control
• operate

More specific

• balloon
• flat-hat
• fly blind
• fly contact
• glide
• hang glide
• hedgehop
• hydroplane
• jet
• seaplane
• soar
• solo
• test fly

Related

• fly
• wing

Related

• fly

Verb

pass away rapidly

Synonyms

• fell
• fly
• vanish

More generic

• elapse
• glide by
• go along
• go by
• lapse
• pass
• slide by
• slip away
• slip by

Related

• fly
• vanish
• vaporize

Verb

run away quickly

Synonyms

• flee
• fly
• take flight

More generic

• break away
• bunk
• escape
• fly the coop
• head for the hills
• hightail it
• lam
• run
• run away
• scarper
• scat
• take to the woods
• turn tail

More specific

• abscond
• absquatulate
• bolt
• break
• break loose
• decamp
• defect
• desert
• elope
• escape
• get away
• go off
• high-tail
• hightail
• make off
• run off
• stampede

Verb

display in the air or cause to float

Synonyms

• fly

More generic

• show

Related

• fly

Adjective

(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

Synonyms

• fly

Related

• alert
• watchful

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