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rocket - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectile |
| Synonyms: | ICBM, booster, guided missile, intercontinental ballistic missile, missile, spacecraft, weapon, firework, spaceship, torpedo |
| Notes: | the term for a combustible or explosive or pyrotechnic ('pertaining to fire art') projectile was 'rocket' until fireworks was used in 1777 to describe these in connection with the first Fourth of July celebration. 'Rockets' are still the most popular form of firework. Rockets are lifted by recoil from the jet of fire created by the burning ingredients - and they are designed for maximum combustion and maximum thrust. Fireworks originated in ancient China. The word firecracker refers to those that make loud sounds and sparklers are those that send off a shower of sparks. a missile is a whole vehicle ready for launching; a rocket is a type of engine that powers a missile |
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shoot up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, escalate, grow, lift, rise, sail, skyrocket, soar, take off*, tower, zoom, go through the ceiling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ammunition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectiles for weaponry |
| Synonyms: | armament, ball, bomb, bullet, cartridge, charge, chemical, explosive, fuse, grenade, materiel, missile, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, ammo, buckshot, cannonball, confetti, gunpowder, iron rations, munition, napalm, shrapnel, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | beacon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light used as signal, guide |
| Synonyms: | alarm, alert, beam, bonfire, flare, lamp, lantern, radar, rocket, sign, watchtower, balefire, guidepost, heliograph, lighthouse, lodestar, pharos, signal fire, smoke signal, warning signal |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exploding weapon |
| Synonyms: | Molotov cocktail, atom bomb, charge, device, explosive, grenade, hydrogen bomb, mine, missile, nuclear bomb, projectile, rocket, shell, bombshell, ticker, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | bullet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small missile |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose*, lead, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, ammo, love letter, trajectile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, beeline*, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, goad, haste, hasten, hustle, jog, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, smoke, speed, spur, urge, whirl, whisk, whiz, zip, be quick, bestir, get a move on, go like lightning, hurry up, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, shake a leg, speed up, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, whish |
| Antonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, jump over; increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, arise, ascend, bounce, bound, caper, cavort, clear, escalate, frisk, hop, hurdle, lop, mount, rise, rocket, skip, soar, spring, surge, vault, saltate |
| Main Entry: | missile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectile weapon |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, arrow, bat, bird*, bolt, bomb, bullet, cartridge, dart, pellet, projectile, rocket, shot, stealth, MX, trajectile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skyrocket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soar |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, catapult, escalate, lift, rise, rocket, shoot, take off, tower, zoom, go through the ceiling, go through the roof, shoot up, vault up |
| Main Entry: | soar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | climb, fly |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, aspire, escalate, glide, lift, mount, rise, rocket, sail, shoot, skyrocket, top, tower, up, wing, shoot up, uprear |
| Antonyms: | land |
| Main Entry: | spacecraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spaceship |
| Synonyms: | UFO, flying saucer, rocket, rocket ship, satellite, shuttle, space capsule, space probe, space shuttle, unidentified flying object |
| Main Entry: | UFO |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unidentified flying object |
| Synonyms: | flying saucer, rocket, extraterrestrial spacecraft, rocketship, spaceship |
| Main Entry: | zoom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very quickly |
| Synonyms: | buzz, dart, dash, dive, flash, fly, hum, hurtle, outstrip, rip, rocket, rush, shoot, skyrocket, speed, streak, surge, tear, whirl, whiz, zip*, shoot up |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blast off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, launch, rise, rocket, soar up |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | guided missile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | steerable missile |
| Synonyms: | ballistic missile, missile, rocket |
| Main Entry: | jet engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gas airplane engine |
| Synonyms: | rocket, fanjet, pulsejet, ramjet, reaction engine, rocket motor, turbofan, turbojet, turboprop |
| Main Entry: | rocket engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jet engine with reaction propulsion |
| Synonyms: | rocket, reaction engine, rocket motor |
| Main Entry: | Roman candle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cylindrical firework |
| Synonyms: | rocket, skyrocket, Catherine wheel, signal rocket, sparkler |
| Main Entry: | space ship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rocket for space travel |
| Synonyms: | rocket, rocket ship, space shuttle, deep-space ship, exploratory ship, interplanetary rocket, manned rocket, multistage rocket |
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