Synonyms for takeoff
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
That high-jumper's takeoff needs some work.
Related words
- Word family
- take-off
Forms
- Plural
- takeoffs → put-ons, send-ups, parodies, spoofs…
Example sentences
- spoof I wish Mel Brooks had made a spoof of this movie.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| takeoff | falling | |
| spoof | rising | |
| pasquinade | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- farce1, spoof1
- 6 letters
- parody3
- 7 letters
- mockery3, lampoon2
- 8 letters
- travesty3
- 9 letters
- burlesque2
- 10 letters
- caricature4, pasquinade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (parody3 = 3 syllables).