Synonyms for rocket
ˈrɒk ɪtrock·et

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1. rocket, projectilenoun

   any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

   Synonyms:
   rocket engine, garden rocket, projectile, missile, skyrocket, arugula, rocket salad, roquette

2. rocket, rocket enginenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   rocket engine, garden rocket, projectile, skyrocket, arugula, rocket salad, roquette

3. rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativanoun

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

   Synonyms:
   rocket engine, garden rocket, projectile, skyrocket, arugula, rocket salad, roquette

4. rocket, skyrocketnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   rocket engine, garden rocket, projectile, skyrocket, arugula, rocket salad, roquette

5. skyrocket, rocketverb

   sends a firework display high into the sky

   Synonyms:
   rocket engine, garden rocket, projectile, skyrocket, arugula, rocket salad, roquette

6. rocket, skyrocketverb

   shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

   "prices skyrocketed"

   Synonyms:
   skyrocket

7. rocketverb

   propel with a rocket

   Synonyms:
   skyrocket

Matched Categories

1. • Herb
   • Jet Engine
   • Propel
   • Rise
   • Vehicle
   • Visual Signal

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. dead bird

   the result of my m-60 fire was the dead bird that crashed into the field; an rocket propelled grenade(rpg) made a dead bird out of that drone; the battalion had too many dead birds because of surface to air missiles(sams) in theater that day.

   Submitted by anonymous on May 31, 2020  

2. missle

   i launched the missle (rocket) into space.

   Submitted by rinat on August 28, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "rocket":

   missile, rockets, missiles, rocket-propelled, flare

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1. Pyotr Fedotov:

   The rocket was here, it wiggled around, then some kind of rocket stage separated, and then, somewhere toward Lutuhyne, Torez, I saw the plane fall apart in the air. It was only later that we found out it was a Boeing.

2. Paul DiGiacomo:

   It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the start of bail reform till now, there's a direct correlation to shootings, drug dealing and violent crime in this city.

3. Tim Sweeney:

   Their investment will help accelerate our work around building connected social experiences in Fortnite, Rocket League and Fall Guys, while empowering game developers and creators with Unreal Engine, Epic Online Services and the Epic Games Store.

4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   The first rough landing will be made on the moon with our national and authentic hybrid rocket that shall be launched into orbit in the end of 2023 through international cooperation.

5. Mike Hughes:

   If you’re not scared to death, you’re an idiot, it’s scary as hell, but none of us are getting out of this world alive. I like to do extraordinary things that no one else can do, and no one in the history of mankind has designed, built and launched himself in his own rocket.