/ Thesaurus / F Synonyms of flying buttress Find synonyms for: Noun1. flying buttress, arc-boutant, buttress, buttressingusage: a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an archWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dormant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language