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spaceman

US/ˈspeɪsˌmæn/

spaceman noun: an astronaut, often a male astronaut.

spaceman: an astronaut, often a male astronaut
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Noun

spaceman (plural spacemen)

  1. (childish, informal) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.
    • I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.
  2. (informal) A humanoid extraterrestrial.
    • A spaceman from Mars could easily pick out the most civilized nations here. They are the only ones who know how to make atom bombs.1972, Prochnow, Herbert V. (Herbert Victor), 1897-1998, 1000 stories and illustrations for all occasions, →OCLC
    • While in Los Angeles he was contacted by a spaceman from Saturn whose name was Ramu[…]1977, Ortzen, Len, Strange stories of UFOs, →OCLC

spaceman meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Tagalog

spaceman in Hindi

astronaut
अंतरिक्ष यात्री antrikṣ yātrī

spaceman in Malayalam

cosmonaut, astronaut, space traveler
ശൂന്യാകാശസഞ്ചാരി, ബഹിരാകാശസഞ്ചാരി, ബഹിരാകാശസഞ്ചാരിണി, ബഹിരാകാശ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശൂന്യാകാശ യാത്രികൻ, വ്യോമചാരി, ആകാശചാരി

spaceman in Tagalog

astronaut
taunlawak

Synonyms of spaceman

Forms of spaceman

pluralspacemen

Origin of spaceman

From space + -man.

Words formed from spaceman

Questions about spaceman

What does spaceman mean?
Spaceman means an astronaut, often a male astronaut.
What is spaceman in Hindi?
Spaceman in Hindi is अंतरिक्ष यात्री (antrikṣ yātrī). See Spaceman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is spaceman?
Spaceman is a noun.
How do you pronounce spaceman?
Spaceman is pronounced /ˈspeɪsˌmæn/ (US).
What is the plural of spaceman?
The plural of spaceman is spacemen.

Words near spaceman in the dictionary

  1. spacelines
  2. spaceling
  3. spacelings
  4. spacelore
  5. spacely
  6. spaceman
  7. spacemanship
  8. spacemen
  9. spacenik
  10. spaceniks
  11. spacepad

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spaceman (page history and authors); spaceman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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