aviation

Noun

Meaning

The art or science of flying.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

air travel aeronautics air flight flying air transport airmanship air power air transportation Lenin air force zephyr quadrant aeronautical airman
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Antonyms

gale gust windstorm

Hypernyms

art industry collection travel traveling travelling

Hyponyms

flight flying

Phrases with the word

Aviation Authority Civil Aviation Authority attack aviation aviation turbine fuel aviation regulatory agency aviation management agency

Examples

The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.' Bruce Dickinson

I-uh-have the utmost respect for Yamamoto-san. If it had not been for him, there would be no naval aviation. However-the most brilliant man can occasionally make a mistake. Chuichi Nagumo

I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here. Kim Novak

Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces, a world dominated by a mechanical, materialist, Western European civilization. Charles Lindbergh

Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating. Felix Baumgartner

More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999. Norm Dicks

Close letter words and terms

aviate aviate, navigate, communicate aviatic aviation advertising aviation altitude aviation area