spaceman

space·man

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [speys-man, -muh n]
- /ˈspeɪsˌmæn, -mən/
- /ˈspeɪs.mæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speys-man, -muh n]
- /ˈspeɪsˌmæn, -mən/

Definitions of spaceman word

noun plural spaceman an astronaut. 1
noun plural spaceman a visitor to earth from outer space; extraterrestrial. 1
noun spaceman male astronaut 1
noun spaceman alien creature: male 1
countable noun spaceman A spaceman is a male astronaut; used mainly by children. 0
noun spaceman a person who travels in outer space, esp one trained to participate in a space flight 0

See all 7 definitions of spaceman

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Origin of spaceman

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40; space + man1

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Parts of speech for Spaceman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spaceman

spaceman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for spaceman

noun spaceman

astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
martian — of, relating to, or like the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.

All 2 Synonyms of spaceman