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Soaring

To fly high with little effort, like a bird.

📖 Definitions of "Soaring"

verb

1
To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
2
To mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
3
To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
4
To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
"The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued."

noun

1
The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

adjective

1
(sometimes figurative) assurgent, ascending
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9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
eminent	(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.
loftynoun	High, tall, having great height or stature.
highnoun	Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
glidenoun	(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
movingnoun	(not comparable) That moves or move.
toweringnoun	Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
glidingnoun	The action or motion of something that glides.
sailingnoun	Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
sailplaningnoun	the activity of flying a glider

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
sailingnoun	Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
glidingnoun	The action or motion of something that glides.
glideverb	(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
movingnoun	(not comparable) That moves or move.
toweringnoun	Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
highverb	(obsolete) To rise.
loftynoun	High, tall, having great height or stature.
eminent	(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.
sailplaningnoun	the activity of flying a glider
climbingnoun	(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
hikeverb	(ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
jumpverb	(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
climbverb	(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
spirallingnoun	Movement in a spiral.
spiralingnoun	Alternative form of spiralling. [Movement in a spiral.]
surgingnoun	The action or an instance of a surge.
surgeverb	(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
risingnoun	The act of something that rises.
riseverb	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
spikeverb	To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.