Definitions for astronaut

astronaut as·tro·naut

Spelling: [as-truh-nawt, -not]
IPA: /ˈæs trəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt/

Astronaut is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 382 anagrams from letters in astronaut (aanorsttu).

Definitions for astronaut

noun

  1. a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Origin of astronaut

1925-30; astro- + (aero)naut, probably via French astronaute; see astronautical

Examples for astronaut

Of course, ground control was to be used only if the astronaut failed to ignite the retro-rockets himself.

Her long-term boyfriend Dave Clark is head of ‘astronaut relations’ for Virgin Galactic.

Some wondered what she saw in him, but like the rest of his astronaut colleagues, Pete was a hot fly-boy.

I spoke about Galactic to a NASA astronaut (who cannot be named as a matter of NASA policy).

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi army is suffering badly from what locals describe as the “astronaut phenomenon.”

The astronaut fell victim to a psychological stress that was unforeseen.

That cylinder is in a chamber within the satellite, not unlike an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

“The astronaut phenomenon is destroying the Iraqi army,” one officer, Kadhim al-Shammari, told us.

“If I had said I wanted to be an astronaut, they would have been like ‘Do it’,” Rivers told me.

I asked a former NASA astronaut, who cannot be quoted on the record, to look at photographs of the debris.

Word Value for astronaut
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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