an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine
See also sailplanea person or thing that glides - another name for flying phalanger
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glid•er /ˈglaɪdɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Aeronauticsa heavier-than-air aircraft without a motor, launched by towing.
- a person or thing that glides.
- Furniturea porch swing made of an upholstered seat that hangs from a steel framework by links or springs.
glid•er
(glī′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- Aeronauticsa motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
- a person or thing that glides.
- a person who pilots a glider.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see glide, -er1
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'glider' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cayley
- Horsa
- Lilienthal
- aerobatics
- aircraft
- airplane
- feather-tail glider
- flight
- flying machine
- flying mouse
- glide
- hang glider
- hang gliding
- hang-glider
- paraglider
- pygmy glider
- sailplane
- skin friction drag
- solo
- sugar glider
- ultralight
- uncouple