Meanings
- not comparableCapable of flight.
In comparison with flighted birds, the forelimb of a flightless bird typically has a substantially smaller carpometacarpus and ulna-radius, and the relative proportions between these midwing elements and the humerus, and of these last two to[…]
2002 December 5, Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 312Synonyms: flying, volant · Antonyms: flightless, nonflying, nonvolant
- not comparableHaving a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of flight
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving feathers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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flighted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flighted
“flighted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flighted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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