aloft
Suspended in air
Aloft is more often an adverb than a preposition but as a preposition its meaning doesn’t change: it means above, especially up in the air: communications towers aloft the mountain.
As an adverb, aloft follows some form of the verb hold more than 90% of the time.
Lifted higher up
lifted · hoisted · suspended · perched · dangling · hung · above · uppermost
Moving through air
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- hoveringSuspended without support
- midairSuspended in flight
flight · drifting · floating · skyward · aerial · airship · ballooning · hang-gliding
Vessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- yardarmOuter spar end
- crow's-nestElevated maritime observation platform
- topsailSail above another sail
mainsail · halyard · boom · spar · shroud · ratlines · masthead · topgallant
Rising effortlessly upward
- elevatedRaised above usual level
- exaltedElevated in rank
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
high-minded · idealistic · noble · sublime · transcendent · inspired · dreaming · reaching
raised
Lifted higher up
upward · lifted · hoisted · suspended · perched · dangling · hung · above · uppermost · atop
flying
Moving through air
midair · flight · drifting · floating · skyward · aerial · airship · ballooning · hang-gliding · paragliding
mast
Vessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- yardarmOuter spar end
- crow's-nestElevated maritime observation platform
topsail · mainsail · halyard · boom · spar · shroud · ratlines · masthead · topgallant · mizzen
soaring
Rising effortlessly upward
ambitious · high-minded · idealistic · noble · sublime · transcendent · inspired · dreaming · reaching · striving
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- airplane termsflying, airborne, midair, soaring, gliding
- heightspeak, summit, apex, pinnacle, zenith
- soaringeagle, hawk, glider, hang glider, condor
- upward directionsup, upward, skyward, heavenward, ascending
aloftdownward
Toward a lower position
earthward · down · descending · groundward · falling