FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fighter aircraft mean? 

• FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (noun)
  The noun FIGHTER AIRCRAFT has 1 sense:

1. a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

  Familiarity information: FIGHTER AIRCRAFT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

attack aircraft; fighter; fighter aircraft

Hypernyms ("fighter aircraft" is a kind of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

military plane; warplane (an aircraft designed and used for combat)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fighter aircraft"):

interceptor (a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft)

kamikaze (a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II)

stealth fighter (a fighter that is difficult to detect by radar; is built for precise targeting and uses laser-guided bombs)