wings

[wingz] / wɪŋz /

NOUN

organ, device of flight

Synonyms

STRONG

aileron airfoil appendage feather pennon pinion

Antonyms

WEAK

base headquarters

NOUN

section; extension

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arm branch circle faction group side unit

STRONG

addition adjunct annex block bulge clique coterie detachment division ell expansion part projection prolongation protrusion protuberance segment set

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

STRONG

connection depression lessening shrinkage subtraction

WEAK

base headquarters

Example Sentences

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Another idea is to remove the restrictions on straight-line mode - when the wings are open - and make it free, so drivers can use it anywhere they consider it possible.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I walked unfamiliar streets with music carrying me on its wings, ate dinner at 10 p.m. and remembered who I was when no one needed me to be anything in particular.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The maximum rate was accessible only when a driver had lifted off the throttle and the wings had closed.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

SpaceX would be the first of three mega-IPOs that could go in 2026: Artificial-intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic are both waiting in the wings for potential offerings before year-end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

She unwrapped the linen and laid the blooms on Gelifen’s wings, across his small, beautiful, unbreathing body.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell