spaceman

spaceman

English

A spaceman, floating in space.

Etymology

space +‎ -man

Noun

spaceman (plural spacemen)

1. (informal) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

   I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.

Synonyms

(astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

(male astronaut):

• rocketman

Antonyms

• (male astronaut): spacewoman

Hypernyms

(male astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

Hyponyms

(astronaut):

• astronaut (American space programs)
• taikonaut (Chinese space program)
• cosmonaut (Soviet and Russian space programs)
• spationaut (European space programs)

Derived terms

• (astronaut): spacewoman

Related terms

• spacewoman

Translations

astronaut

Danish: astronaut (da) c, rumfarer c, rummand c, kosmonaut (da) c (if from the USSR or Russia) Finnish: avaruuslentäjä (fi) French: astronaute (fr) m or f (US), cosmonaute (fr) m or f (USSR/Russia), spationaute (fr) m or f (EU) German: Raumfahrer (de) m, Weltraumfahrer (de) m, Astronaut (de) m, Kosmonaut (de) m, Taikonaut (de) m, Spationaut (de) m Interlingua: astronauta Italian: astronauta (it) m or f, cosmonauta (it) m or f Lithuanian: kosmonautas m (if from the USSR or Russia), astronautas m (if from the US)

Polish: astronauta (pl) m, kosmonauta (pl) m Portuguese: astronauta (pt) m or f, cosmonauta (pt) m or f Romanian: astronaut (ro) m Russian: космона́вт (ru) m (kosmonávt), (US) астрона́вт (ru) m (astronávt) Spanish: astronauta (es) m or f, hombre del espacio m, cosmonauta (es) m or f, Swedish: rymdfarare (sv) c, astronaut (sv) c Tagalog: taunlawak

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