astronaut
noun/ˈæstrəˌnɔt/
Frequency rank: #6,800 most common English word
Meaning
a person trained to travel and work in space
Example sentence
The astronaut floated weightlessly inside the space station for six months.
Synonyms & related words
- cosmonaut
- spaceman
- spacewalker
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