Definition of COSMONAUT

cosmonaut

Plural: cosmonauts

Noun

  • a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
    • "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"
  • An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”), may be decomposed as cosmo- + -naut.

Synonyms

astronaut, spaceman

Scrabble Score: 13

cosmonaut: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cosmonaut: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cosmonaut: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

cosmonaut: valid Words With Friends Word