airlinernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeəˌlaɪ.nər/us/ˈerˌlaɪ.nɚ/a large passenger aircraft
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Air travel: fixed-wing aircraft & helicopters
- air ambulance
- biplane
- copter
- dive-bomber
- drone
- fixed-wing
- flying boat
- glider
- jet
- jet-propelled
- light aircraft
- microlight
- plane
- seaplane
- transport plane
- turbojet
- turboprop
- ultralight
- vertical take-off
- winged
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Examples from literature
- Certainly, the pilot wouldn't be circling around Georgia and Alabama for an hour, buzzing airliners.
- The airliner landed and taxied in to unload.
- Three days later, a Chicago and Southern airliner crew saw a fast-flying disk near Stuttgart, Arkansas.
- You'll get the contract to design the new airliners.