Home › Words › W › warplanewarplanewarplane means an aircraft designed for combat.EtymologyFrom war + plane.nounAn aircraft designed for combat.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.battleplane 77% match — An airplane for military use. vs warplane →warbird 76% match — A warplane. vs warplane →airwar 65% match — A war fought predominantly by aircraft. vs warplane →airyplane 64% match — An airplane. vs warplane →landplane 61% match — An aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on, land (rather than water or snow). vs warplane →warship 60% match — Any ship built or armed for naval combat. vs warplane →warload 60% match — A warplane's payload of weapons and ammunition. vs warplane →flyboy 58% match — An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft. vs warplane →