flying saucer

1. 1.

   an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins

   Synonymsunidentified flying objectUFO

   Broaderapparition

Questions about flying saucer

What does flying saucer mean?

flying saucer means "an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins".

What is another word for flying saucer?

Close synonyms include unidentified flying object, UFO. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flying saucer a common word?

flying saucer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.