flying

How many syllables in flying?

There are 2 syllables in the word flying.

Divide flying into syllables:

fly · ing

How to pronounce flying:

Synonyms for flying:

abrupt

airborne

breathtaking

cursory

drive-by

fast-flying

flapping

floating

fluttering

gadarene

gliding

hasty

headlong

helter-skelter

hovering

hurried

impatient

impromptu

impulsive

in the air

makeshift

overhasty

pell-mell

precipitate

precipitous

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Antonyms for flying:

extremely slow

fallen

ground

ground-level

grounded

low-hanging

low-lying

low-set

lowered

lowermost

lowly

near to the ground

nethermost

plummeting

rock-bottom

slow

terrestrial

undermost

unelevated

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