rocket - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for rocket , a list of similar words for rocket from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Synonyms

• rocket
• rocket engine

More generic

• jet engine

More specific

• booster
• booster rocket
• booster unit
• nuclear rocket
• retrorocket
• space rocket
• takeoff booster
• takeoff rocket
• thruster

Related

• projectile
• rocket

Noun

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

Synonyms

• projectile
• rocket

More generic

• vehicle

More specific

• missile
• multistage rocket
• research rocket
• step rocket
• test instrument vehicle
• test rocket

Related

• rocket
• rocket engine

Noun

sends a firework display high into the sky

Synonyms

• rocket
• skyrocket

More generic

• firework
• pyrotechnic

Noun

propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

Synonyms

• rocket
• skyrocket

More generic

• visual signal

Noun

erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Synonyms

• Eruca sativa
• Eruca vesicaria sativa
• arugula
• garden rocket
• rocket
• rocket salad
• roquette

More generic

• herb
• herbaceous plant

Related

• Eruca
• genus Eruca

Verb

propel with a rocket

Synonyms

• rocket

More generic

• impel
• propel

Verb

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Synonyms

• rocket
• skyrocket

More generic

• arise
• come up
• go up
• lift
• move up
• rise
• uprise

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