Synonyms for astronaut
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- astronauts → cosmonauts, spacemen, spacefarers…
Example sentences
- cosmonaut The first human in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| astronaut | steady | |
| cosmonaut | falling | |
| spacefarer | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- spaceman
- 9 letters
- cosmonaut3
- 10 letters
- spacefarer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cosmonaut3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- astronaute
- Deutsch
- Astronaut