astronauts
astronauts is the plural of astronaut.
Meaning of astronaut
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.
- Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings.2013, Edward Clinton Ezell, Linda Neuman Ezell, The Partnership: A NASA History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Courier Corporation, →ISBN
- An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
- A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.
Phrases with astronauts
Questions about astronauts
- What is astronauts the plural of?
- Astronauts is the plural of astronaut.
Words near astronauts in the dictionary
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