astronaut
noun
as·tro·naut
| \ ˈas-trə-ˌnȯt
, -ˌnät\
, -ˌnät\
Definition of astronaut
: a person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere
also
: a trainee for spaceflight
Examples of astronaut in a Sentence
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Natalie Portman plays the title character, an astronaut who has a hard time adjusting to life back on Earth. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Fall movies 2019: Dozens of titles coming soon to theaters," 6 Sep. 2019 While working on the ISS, spacewalkers have accidentally dropped a variety of random objects, including a pair of pliers, a camera, a tool bag, and a spatula an astronaut was using to apply a repair adhesive for testing. — Wired, "xkcd's Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)," 2 Sep. 2019 Of course, any NASA event is always made better by an astronaut. — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, "NASA boss visits Alabama school seeking brainpower for future space projects," 18 Aug. 2019 His Seventh String Quartet, probably the most difficult ever written, uses more than 1,200 pitches to an octave, and seems to float like an astronaut through free pitch space. — Allan Kozinn, New York Times, "Ben Johnston, Who Made Microtonal Music Melodic, Dies at 93," 25 July 2019 Costumes included parrots, sharks, pirates, a sea captain with a '70s stache, and an astronaut. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Heat wave and storms pass before Jimmy Buffett's joyous return to Alpine Valley Music Theatre," 21 July 2019 This country hasn't used an American rocket to carry an astronaut to space since 2011. — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, "Watch CBS coverage of Apollo 11’s landing on the Moon July 20, 1969," 20 July 2019 And anyone with enough money can become an astronaut. — CBS News, ""Corporate astronaut": How billionaires are joining the space race," 20 July 2019 Ad Astra James Gray, director of The Immigrant, has moved on to a seemingly quiet and personal space epic that has Brad Pitt playing an astronaut who’s searching for his missing father through a still relatively empty Solar System. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "New trailers: It Chapter 2, The King’s Man, Top Gun: Maverick, and more," 20 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'astronaut.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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astronaut
noun
English Language Learners Definition of astronaut
: a person who travels in a spacecraft into outer space
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astronaut
noun
as·tro·naut
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Kids Definition of astronaut
: a person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere : a traveler in a spacecraft
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