astronaut
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
Other meanings
An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as , , , and .
A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.
Synonyms
- cosmonaut
Related words
- chimponaut
- fapstronaut
- touronaut
- astronaut ice cream
- actornaut
- Afronaut
- ancient astronaut
- astronautrix
- para-astronaut
- astronautte
- astronette
- Nastronaut
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἄστρον" (star).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “astronaut” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.