word
Astronaut
A-struh-naht
/ˈæstrʌˌnɑːt/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
astronaut
Dictionary meaning
A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Examples
- The Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts.
Synonyms: spaceman, cosmonaut
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