rocket scientists

Noun

rocket scientist (plural rocket scientists)

1. (informal) An aerospace engineer who works with spacecraft.
   • Rocket scientists have calculated that a velocity of seven miles per second, or approximately 25,000 miles per hour, would be necessary for a rocket to escape the earth's gravity.1940 August, “Seeking Power for Space Rockets”, in H[enry] H[aven] Windsor, editor, Popular Mechanics Magazine, volume 74, number 2, Chicago, Ill.: Popular Mechanics Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119A...
2. (excessive, idiomatic, informal) One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person.
   • You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work.

   Synonyms:

   brain surgeon, Einstein, genius, rocket surgeon, brain, brainbox, brainiac, deep thinker, egghead, intellectual

   Antonyms:

   addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo