soaring
Gliding without flapping
Soaring describes rising or flying high, especially with little apparent effort—a bird soaring on thermal currents, a plane soaring above the clouds.
The word emphasizes graceful upward movement.
Figuratively, soaring applies to rapid increases or elevated states: soaring prices, soaring spirits, Her voice soared over the orchestra.
Soaring ambitions or rhetoric reach for heights.
Flying or operating aircraft
- thermalsWarm air columns
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- updraftUpward air movement
airplane · pilot · aerodynamics · sky · wingspan · tailwind · headwind · airspeed
Impressive splendor and scale
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- magnificentExceptionally beautiful or impressive
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- toweringOf imposing height
imposing · noble · stately · sweeping · panoramic · breathtaking · epic · monumental
Act of ascending
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- elevationHeight above reference point
- upwardToward a higher position
- surgeSudden powerful increase
lift · skyrocket · upsurge · upswing · heighten · escalate · mount · levitate
Intense joyful excitement
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
thrill · joy · bliss · jubilation · transcendence · uplift · exuberance · freedom
Rising sharply and quickly
- inflationSustained price level increase
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- spikeSharp rise or point
- escalatingIncreasing by degrees
climbing · rising · costs · rates · runaway · unprecedented · mounting · ballooning
Strong desire for achievement
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
dream · visionary · determination · pursuit · goal · striving · reaching · heights
Unpowered airborne craft
- paragliderFoot-launched aircraft with fabric wing
- sailplaneEngineless soaring aircraft
- gliderUnpowered flying craft
- paraglidingFoot-launched canopy flight
parasailing · skydiving · parachute · ballooning · kiting · kitesurfing · aerobatics · paramotor
aviation
Flying or operating aircraft
updraft · airplane · pilot · aerodynamics · sky · wingspan · tailwind · headwind · airspeed · cumulus
grandeur
Impressive splendor and scale
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- magnificentExceptionally beautiful or impressive
- loftyImpressively high or noble
towering · imposing · noble · stately · sweeping · panoramic · breathtaking · epic · monumental · resplendent
rising
Act of ascending
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- elevationHeight above reference point
- upwardToward a higher position
surge · lift · skyrocket · upsurge · upswing · heighten · escalate · mount · levitate · tower
exhilaration
Intense joyful excitement
ecstasy · thrill · joy · bliss · jubilation · transcendence · uplift · exuberance · freedom · weightlessness
skyrocketing
Rising sharply and quickly
escalating · climbing · rising · costs · rates · runaway · unprecedented · mounting · ballooning · unchecked
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
summit · dream · visionary · determination · pursuit · goal · striving · reaching · heights · potential
hang-glider
Unpowered airborne craft
- paragliderFoot-launched aircraft with fabric wing
- sailplaneEngineless soaring aircraft
- gliderUnpowered flying craft
paragliding · parasailing · skydiving · parachute · ballooning · kiting · kitesurfing · aerobatics · paramotor · gyroplane
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- bird behaviorsflying, perching, nesting, migrating, preening
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- upward directionsup, upward, skyward, heavenward, aloft
- gliding movementsglissando, sailing, sliding, coasting, drifting
- raptor traitshooked beak, sharp talons, keen eyesight, binocular vision, hunting instinct
soaringplummeting
Falling steeply and fast
plunging · falling · diving · dropping · descending
soaringlow
Not elevated
grounded · earthbound · ground-level · little · bottom-dwelling
soaringsinking
Falling through water
plummeting · crushed · despairing · dejected · depressed
- soaring eagleLarge bird climbing skyward
- soaring flightUnpowered upward movement through air