Synonyms for

Flown

Verb / fləʊn / Another word for flown — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

Flown is the past participle of the verb 'fly', which means to travel through the air using wings or an aircraft.

Synonyms & similar words

aviate takeflight wing vaporize pilot flee fly vanish fell soared glided drifted hovered sailed travelled journeyed proceeded passed moved progressed advanced went departed left vanished disappeared evaporated faded dissipated

Synonyms by register

Formal

navigated traversed piloted

Informal

zoomed zipped cruised

Literary

soared wafted drifted

Antonyms

grounded landed anchored stationary rooted immobile

Common collocations

  • have flown
  • has flown
  • was flown
  • were flown
  • will be flown
  • had flown
  • bird has flown

Word family

noun flight
verb fly
adjective flying
adverb flightily

Usage note

Flown is the past participle of 'fly'. It is often used in passive constructions or perfect tenses, e.g., 'The plane has flown' or 'The kite was flown'.

Example sentences

  1. The airplane has flown across the ocean.
  2. The butterfly has flown away from the flower.
  3. The birds have flown to their nests.
  4. The kite has flown high in the sky.
  5. The spaceship has flown to the moon.

Quotes

  • I have flown twice over Mount Everest.
  • I've flown across America, I've landed on big aircraft carriers, and I've flown missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world - British, French, Pakistani, Iranian, Japanese, Chinese - and there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between any of them.

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