astronaut
noun /ˈæstrənɔːt/
/ˈæstrənɔːt/
- a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft
- sending astronauts into space
WordfinderTopics Spaceb1, Jobsb1- astronaut
- countdown
- dock
- launch
- mission
- orbit
- rocket
- satellite
- space
- weightless
Word Origin1920s: from astro-, on the pattern of aeronaut and aquanaut.