soar | Definition of soar

soar

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of soar

1 to move or extend upward

the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris

Synonyms of soar

arise, ascend, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Words Related to soar

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms of soar

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms of soar

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

2 to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings

bats soaring and swooping through the night air

Synonyms of soar

aviate, fly, glide, plane, wing

Words Related to soar

drift, float, hang, hover, waft

coast, cruise, sail, sweep

dart, flit, flutter

catapult, helicopter, jet, orbit, rocket

3 to rise abruptly and rapidly

gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage

Synonyms of soar

rocket, shoot (up), skyrocket, zoom

Words Related to soar

accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax

crest, peak, surge

heighten, intensify

Near Antonyms of soar

contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, wane

Antonyms of soar

nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble