ballistic
/bəˈlɪs.tɪk/
ballistic adjective: of or relating to ballistics.
Adjective
ballistic (comparative more ballistic, superlative most ballistic)
- Of or relating to ballistics.
- Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
- Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.2026 May 24, Jennifer Rankin, “Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 May 2026
- Very angry.
- When he heard him lie about it, he went ballistic.
ballistic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ballistic in Hindi
- बैलिस्टिक, बैलेस्टिक, बैलेस्टीक
ballistic in Tamil
- எறியியலுக்குரிய
ballistic in Marathi
- बॅलिस्टिक, बॅलेस्टिक
ballistic in Urdu
- بیلسٹک, بالسٹک
More languagesFewer languages
- ballistic in Bengali
- ব্যালিস্টিক, ব্যালেস্টিক
- ballistic in Telugu
- బాలిస్టిక్, బ్యాలిస్టిక్
- ballistic in Malayalam
- ബാലിസ്റ്റിക്, ബാലിസ്റ്റിക്ക്
- ballistic in Kannada
- ಚಿಮ್ಮುಗುಣದ
- ballistic in Punjabi
- ਬੈਲਿਸਟਿਕ
- ballistic in Gujarati
- બેલિસ્ટિક, બેલેસ્ટિક, બૅલિસ્ટિક
- ballistic in Odia
- ବାଲିଷ୍ଟିକ୍, ବାଲିସ୍ଟିକ
- ballistic in Nepali
- ब्यालिस्टिक, ब्यालेस्टिक, बलिस्टिक
- ballistic in Arabic
- بَالِسْتِيّ bālistiyy
Examples of ballistic in a sentence
- Don't tell my Mum: she'll go ballistic.
- The guy went ballistic when I tried to tell him he couldn't return the socks if the package had been opened.
- She says, 'It was all Ooo Ah, Up the 'Ra, and the place went ballistic.'
Synonyms of ballistic
Antonyms
Forms of ballistic
| comparative | more ballistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ballistic |
Origin of ballistic
From Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”) + -ic.
Words formed from ballistic
- aeroballistic
- antiballistic
- astroballistic
- ballistical
- ballistically
- ballistic coefficient
- ballistic gelatin
- ballistician
- ballisticity
- ballistic knife
- ballistic missile
- ballistic parachute
- ballistic pendulum
- ballistic podiatry
- ballistics
- ballistic syllable
- ballistic trauma
- ballistic vest
- ballochory
- bioballistic
- cardioballistic
- electroballistic
- go ballistic
- microballistic
- neuroballistic
- nonballistic
- quasiballistic
- semiballistic
- subballistic
- superballistic
- thermoballistic
Phrases with ballistic
Words that rhyme with ballistic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
- holistic
29 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about ballistic
- What does ballistic mean?
- Ballistic means of or relating to ballistics.
- What is ballistic in Hindi?
- Ballistic in Hindi is बैलिस्टिक, बैलेस्टिक, बैलेस्टीक. See Ballistic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ballistic?
- Ballistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ballistic?
- Ballistic is pronounced /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/.
Words near ballistic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ballistic (page history and authors); ballistic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ballistic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ballistic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballistic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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