flight
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a formation of aircraft in flight
Types & categories
- formation hypernym
Sense 2 verb
shoot a bird in flight
Types & categories
- pip hypernym
Related & opposite
- flying derivation
Sense 3 noun
an instance of traveling by air
flying was still an exciting adventure for him
Types & categories
- air travel hypernym
- aerobatics hyponym
- blind flying hyponym
- ballooning hyponym
- fly-by hyponym
- gliding hyponym
- maiden flight hyponym
- overflight hyponym
- pass hyponym
- solo hyponym
- sortie hyponym
- terrain flight hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
fly in a flock
flighting wild geese
Types & categories
- fly hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
Types & categories
- stairway hypernym
Sense 6 verb
decorate with feathers
fledge an arrow
Types & categories
- ornament hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the act of escaping physically
he made his escape from the mental hospital
Types & categories
- running away hypernym
- evasion hyponym
- breakout hyponym
- lam hyponym
- exodus hyponym
- skedaddle hyponym
- Hegira instance hyponym
- Underground Railroad instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
Types & categories
- air unit hypernym
Sense 9 noun
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
a flight of fancy
Types & categories
- creativity hypernym
Sense 10 noun
the path followed by an object moving through space
Types & categories
- mechanical phenomenon hypernym
- ballistics hyponym
- gravity-assist hyponym
Sense 11 noun
a flock of flying birds
Types & categories
- flock hypernym
Related & opposite
- flight derivation
Sense 12 noun
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
I took the noon flight to Chicago
Types & categories
- trip hypernym
- connecting flight hyponym
- direct flight hyponym
- domestic flight hyponym
- international flight hyponym
- nonstop flight hyponym
- redeye hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | formation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flying |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pip |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flight |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pilot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flight |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | air travel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerobatics |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blind flying |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballooning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fly-by |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gliding |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | maiden flight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overflight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | solo |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sortie |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | terrain flight |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flying |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flight |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fly |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stairway |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ornament |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | escape |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flee |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | running away |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | evasion |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakout |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lam |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | exodus |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | skedaddle |
| 7 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hegira |
| 7 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Underground Railroad |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | air unit |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | creativity |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanical phenomenon |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballistics |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravity-assist |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | flight |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | flock |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | trip |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | connecting flight |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | direct flight |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | domestic flight |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | international flight |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonstop flight |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | redeye |