walk on air be elated, be happy, be exuberant, be exultant.
8. up in the air a. undecided, unsettled, unresolved, pending, indefinite,
b. Inf. angry, perturbed, vexed.
-v. 9. aerate, aerify, ventilate, oxygenate, fan, winnow; refresh, revivify, cool, freshen, purify.
10. display, exhibit, parade, flaunt; show off, vaunt, swagger.
11. publish, publicize, make public, disseminate, reveal, expose, Archaic, divulgate, vent; broadcast, televise.
aircraft, n. airplane, plane, glider, SI. prop, jet, su personic transport, SST, Trademark. Lear jet, Trademark. 747; helicopter, Inf. copter, SI. bird, Inf. whirlybird, Inf. chopper, SI. egg-beater; blimp, airship, dirigible, zeppelin; spaceship, rocket, sputnik, satellite.
airily, adv. 1. breezily, lightheartedly, blithely, spritely, jauntily, lively; gaily, cheerfully, buoyantly, happily, gladly.
2. lightly, delicately, ethereally, daintily,
airiness, n. 1. immateriality, incorporeality, bodi lessness; unsubstantiality, tenuousness, illusoriness, unreality; ethereality, weightlessness, lightness, buoyancy.
2. delicacy, flimsiness, thinness; gauziness, diaphaneity, sheerness, transparency, limpidity, translucency, pellucidity.
3. liveliness, vivacity, sprightliness, jauntiness; breeziness, lightheartedness, levity, blithesomeness, gladsomeness, cheeriness, gaiety; joviality, jocundity, frivolity, flippancy, insouciance.
4. gracefulness, grace, light-footedness, nimbleness; agility, litheness, lissomness, suppleness, flexibility, pliancy.
airing, n. 1. ventilation, aeration, aerification, fanning.
2. outing, promenade, walk, constitutional; jaunt, stroll, saunter, ramble; trek, hike, tramp, peregrination, wayfaring; excursion, drive, ride, motoring tour, circuit, turn.
3. circulation, dissemination, public exposure, publicity, Archaic, divulgation, showing, display, exhibition.
airplane, n. See - aircraft.
airport, n. airfield, aerodrome, airdrome, airsta-tion, hangar; field, runway, Aeron. airstrip,
airtight, adj. 1. closed, shut tight, sealed, vacuum, impermeable.
2. indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, irrefutable, undeniable, irrefragable; impregnable, inexpugnable, unassailable, invincible,
airy, adj. 1. breezy, windy, drafty; ventilated, open, exposed, alfresco.
2. immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, weightless; unsubstantial, ethereal, tenuous; illusory, unreal, imaginary, visionary, phantasmal, spectral.
3. delicate, flimsy, thin; gauzy, diaphanous, sheer, gossamer, transparent, limpid, translucent, pellucid.
4. lively, animated, vivacious, sprightly, perky, jaunty; lighthearted, blithe, gladsome, cheerful, buoyant, gay; jovial, jolly, merry, sportive, jocund.