soaring

1. 1.

   the activity of flying a glider

   Synonymsglideglidingsailplaningsailing

   Broaderflight

   Narrowerhang glidingparasailing

Other forms of soaring

plural

soarings·

comparative

soaringer·

superlative

soaringest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about soaring

What does soaring mean?

soaring means "ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soaring?

soaring has 2 syllables: soa-ring. The stress falls on "soa". In IPA it is /ˈsɔɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for soaring?

Close synonyms include eminent, lofty, towering, glide, gliding. 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 soaring a common word?

soaring is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.