English noun: aviation | |||
1. | aviation (group) the aggregation of a country's military aircraft | ||
Synonyms | air power | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | aviation (group) the operation of aircraft to provide transportation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | industry | ||
3. | aviation (cognition) the art of operating aircraft | ||
Synonyms | airmanship | ||
Broader (hypernym) | art, artistry, prowess | ||
4. | aviation (act) travel via aircraft | ||
Samples | Air travel involves too much waiting in airports. If you've time to spare go by air. | ||
Synonyms | air, air travel | ||
Broader (hypernym) | travel, traveling, travelling | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | flight, flying | ||
Domain category members | aviate, belly-land, bring down, buzz, chandelle, crab, crash land, crash-dive, cruise, deplane, ditch, emplane, enplane, fly, fly, fly blind, fly contact, glide, jet, kite, land, nosedive, overfly, pass over, peel off, pilot, power-dive, put down, red-eye, sailplane, soar, solo, stall, stall, stooge, test fly | ||