ASTRONAUT

astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut

(noun) a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; “the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

astronaut (plural astronauts)

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.

(Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and his/her adopted home country.

Synonyms

• cosmonaut

Hyponyms

• spationaut

• taikonaut

• vyomanaut

Source: Wiktionary

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