Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

airship

[air-ship] / ˈɛərˌʃɪp /


NOUN
balloon
Synonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Unlike some anonymous Polymarket traders, though, the omen named for the doomed German airship couldn’t have known bombs were about to fall on Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

The indicator is named after the German passenger airship that was involved in a historic disaster in 1937.

From MarketWatch Feb. 6, 2026

An airship crashes into the ocean with three golfers apparently oblivious as they hole out on a seaside course.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

American Walter Wellman was the first to try to reach the North Pole by airship.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2024

“The airship is gone, and the life rafts are in flames. We’re out of options.”

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training