Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lift_off

1 sense of liftoff

Sense 1
liftoff -- (the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad)
       => rise, rising, ascent, ascension -- (a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lift_off

1 sense of lift off

Sense 1
take off, lift off -- (depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late")
       => depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off -- (leave; "The family took off for Florida")