soar

/sɔər/

/sɔ/

Other forms: soaring; soared; soars

To soar means more than just to fly; it means to rise swiftly, to feel the wind slipping below you as you ride it higher, higher, higher. Flying is just moving through the air. Soaring, though, suggests exhilaration, even joy.

Think about the anticipation you feel when you buy a lottery ticket — your hopes soar as you contemplate the possibilities. It's the same wonderful feeling you get when someone you have a crush on notices you, when you land that perfect job, when you hold your child. The word soar comes from the Latin, ex-, which means "out," and aura, meaning "breeze, air," together meaning "out of the air," which is precisely how it feels to soar.

Definitions of soar

1. verb

   rise rapidly
   “the dollar soared against the yen”

   synonyms: soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom

   types:

   billow, wallow

   rise up as if in waves

   cloud

   billow up in the form of a cloud

   type of:

   arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

   move upward
2. verb

   go or move upward
   “The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced”

   type of:

   climb, go up, rise

   increase in value or to a higher point
3. verb

   fly upwards or high in the sky
   type of:

   fly, wing

   travel through the air; be airborne
4. verb

   fly by means of a hang glider
   synonyms: hang glide

   type of:

   aviate, fly, pilot

   operate an airplane
5. verb

   fly a plane without an engine
   synonyms: sailplane

   type of:

   glide

   fly in or as if in a glider plane
6. noun

   the act of rising upward into the air
   synonyms: zoom

   type of:

   ascending, ascension, ascent, rise

   the act of changing location in an upward direction