Term: soar





soar (verb) /sɔːr/
Similar to: rocket; surge; skyrocket; climb; escalate
Definition: To rise or increase rapidly and dramatically upward to a high level, altitude, or amount.
Translation: strauji pieaugt, uzšauties gaisā

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
soar (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) to fly aloft or about
b) (1) to sail or hover in the air often at a great height - glide
(2) of a glider to fly without engine power and without loss of altitude
2.
to rise or increase dramatically (as in position, value, or price) - stocks soared
3.
to ascend to a higher or more exalted level - makes my spirits soar
4.
to rise to majestic stature
soar (noun)
1.
the range, distance, or height attained in - soaring
2.
the act of soaring upward flight
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
soar (noun)
the act or an instance of rising or climbing up
SYNONYMS:
ascension, climb, rise, rising, soar
RELATED WORDS:
boost, hike, increase, raise; blastoff, elevation, hoist, levitation, liftoff, raising, takeoff; heave, thrust, upheaval, uplifting, upraising, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upthrust, uptrend, upturn, upwelling
NEAR ANTONYMS:
plop, plummeting, sinking; decline, decrease, down; comedown, downfall, downgrade
descent, dip, dive, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge
soar (verb)
1.
to move or extend upward
SYNONYMS:
arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturn
RELATED WORDS:
surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip
NEAR ANTONYMS:
dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide
decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge
soar (verb)
2.
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
SYNONYMS:
aviate, glide, plane, soar, wing
RELATED WORDS:
drift, float, hang, hover, waft; coast, cruise, sail, sweep; dart, flit, flutter; catapult, helicopter, jet, orbit, rocket; dive, stoop
soar (verb)
3.
to rise abruptly and rapidly
SYNONYMS:
rocket, shoot (up), soar, zoom
RELATED WORDS:
accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon ( bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax; crest, peak, surge; heighten, intensify
NEAR ANTONYMS:
collapse, fall; contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, wane
nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble
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