Astronaut

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person trained to pilot, navigate, or otherwise participate as a crew member of a spacecraft.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    traveler    traveller   
    Variant
    cosmonaut   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spaceman    cosmonaut    spationaut    taikonaut   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aviator    explorer    airman    diplomat    physicist