airplane
A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
Other meanings
One that can carry a person or persons.
Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered.
Synonyms
- plane
A kind of
- heavier-than-air craft
Kinds of airplane
- amphibian
- fighter
- jet
- propeller plane
- reconnaissance plane
- ski-plane
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “airplane” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.