Astronaut
Astronaut noun - A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Usage example: the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts
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Synonyms for Astronaut
Cosmonaut is a synonym for astronaut in spaceman topic. In some cases you can use "Cosmonaut" instead a noun "Astronaut", when it comes to topics like space explorer, space traveller.
Nearby Word: astronautics
Cosmonaut
Cosmonaut noun - A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
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Synonyms for Cosmonaut
Nearby Word: cosmonautics
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pilot and astronaut
- pilot and cosmonaut
- traveller and astronaut
- traveller and cosmonaut
- jock and astronaut
- jock and cosmonaut
- spaceman and astronaut
- spaceman and cosmonaut
- rocket scientist and astronaut
- rocket scientist and cosmonaut
- traveler and astronaut
- traveler and cosmonaut
- space cadet and astronaut
- space cadet and cosmonaut
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The final epilogue implies that the baby boy born to the astronaut and cosmonaut grew up to become the ruler of Russia, making future Russia variation 1.
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Even the excuse of "they couldn't get anyone else" makes no sense in this case, given that every astronaut/cosmonaut crew in history has always had backup crew members (in case the primary ones would become sick or be otherwise indisposed).
Source: Film / Gravity - Albert and Ruth Gordon, and the principal astronaut (cosmonaut) is called Craig Mathews.
Source: Film / Battle Beyond The Sun
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Cosmonaut and Astronaut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/astronaut/cosmonaut
Astronaut & Cosmonaut. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/astronaut/cosmonaut>.
Cosmonaut or Astronaut. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/astronaut/cosmonaut.
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