surface-to-air sur·fa·ce·toair uncommon adjective 1. operating from or designed to be launched from the ground against an airborne target “surface-to-air missiles” Antonymsair-to-surfaceair-to-air Related words Word family surface-to-air missilesurface-to-air missile system WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.