- a large passenger aircraft
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
air•lin•er
(âr′lī′nər),USA pronunciation n.
- a passenger aircraft operated by an airline.
- air1 + liner1 1905–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
airliner /ˈɛəˌlaɪnə/ n
'airliner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cabin
- de Havilland
- flight deck
- Ilyushin
- jumbo jet
- superjumbo
- business class
- crash
- widebody
- skyjack
- sky marshal
- stretch