airworthy

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UK/ˈɛːˌwəː.ði/

adjective

Meeting standards for safe flight

“An airworthy helicopter...”

Similar
flyableflyworthyskyworthy
Opposite
unairworthyunflyable
OriginEnglish air ← Middle English aire ← Old French air →
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Meanings

adjectiveairworthy (comparative airworthier or more airworthy, superlative airworthiest or most airworthy)

comparative airworthier · comparative more airworthy · superlative airworthiest · superlative most airworthy

  1. Meeting standards for safe flight

    An airworthy helicopter...

    1 more example

    Doc Savage doubted that he would carry out the threat, and thought the plane was still airworthy.

    Synonyms: flyable, flyworthy, skyworthy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMeeting standards for safe flight

Similar
flyableflyworthyskyworthy
Opposite
unairworthyunflyable

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of aircraft) fit to fly

Opposite
unairworthy
Also see
flyable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latināēr
  2. Old Frenchair
  3. Middle Englishaire
  4. Englishair
  5. Englishairworthy

From air + -worthy.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 適航 /适航
  • 適航 /适航 (shìháng)meeting standards for safe flight
Danish flyvedygtig
  • flyvedygtigmeeting standards for safe flight
Finnish lentokelpoinen
  • lentokelpoinenmeeting standards for safe flight
German flugtüchtig, flugtauglich
  • flugtüchtigmeeting standards for safe flight
  • flugtauglichmeeting standards for safe flight
  • flugfähigmeeting standards for safe flight
Irish aeracmhainneach
  • aeracmhainneachmeeting standards for safe flight
Norwegian Bokmål flydyktig, flygedyktig
  • flydyktigmeeting standards for safe flight
  • flygedyktigmeeting standards for safe flight
  • flyvedyktigmeeting standards for safe flight
  • luftdyktigmeeting standards for safe flight
Portuguese aeronavegável
  • aeronavegávelmeeting standards for safe flight
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APA

airworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airworthy

MLA

“airworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airworthy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airworthy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airworthy.

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