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Synonyms of wing

43 similar words

Another word for wing is forward. Other synonyms of wing are fender, guard, fling, hurl and bung.

Synonyms and similar words for wing

nounA panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

  • fender USPanel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
  • guard Australia

verbTo throw.

  • flingTo throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • hurlTo throw (something) with force.
  • bung Australia, UK
  • castTo throw.
  • chuckTo throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
  • chunk slangTo throw.
  • dashTo throw violently.
  • dumpTo put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it.
  • feck
  • heaveTo throw, cast.
  • hieldTo throw; cast; put.
  • hoy AustraliaTo throw.
  • huckTo throw or chuck.
  • launchTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
  • lobTo throw.
  • peckTo throw.
  • peg slangTo throw.
  • pitchTo throw.
  • precipitateTo throw an object or person from a great height.
  • projectTo cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
  • quoitTo throw like a quoit.
  • shyTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
  • slightTo throw heedlessly.
  • skewTo hurl or throw.
  • slingTo throw with a circular or arcing motion.
  • throw
  • tossTo throw with an initial upward direction.
  • trajectTo throw or cast through, over, or across.
  • whang Australia, UKTo throw with a rapid slamming motion.
  • whipTo throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
  • whopTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
  • yeet slang
  • cook UK, dialectalTo throw.
  • jerk obsoleteTo throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
  • hurtle archaic, literaryTo propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
  • pick obsoleteTo throw; to pitch.
  • thrill obsoleteTo hurl; to throw; to cast.
  • warp obsolete, rareTo throw.

nounMore synonyms

nounU.S. Air Force.

  • delta USA military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
  • garrison USA military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.

Meaning of wing

  1. noun An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
  2. noun A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
  3. noun Human arm.

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Questions about synonyms of wing

What is another word for wing?
Wing has 43 synonyms on Word.ws, such as forward, fender, guard, fling, hurl, bung, cast and chuck.
What does wing mean?
Wing means an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wing (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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