Antonyms for
rocket
A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine
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No Antonyms Found for Rocket

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All Definitions for Rocket

Below are all the dictionary definitions of rocket:

1A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine
2A missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
3An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases
4A rocket engine.
5A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour
6A skyrocket.
7A projectile.
8Something that travels high in the air or with great speed
9Especially (sport), a hard shot.
10To fly vertically.
11To rise or soar rapidly.
12To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
13A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
14Any plant of the genus Eruca.
15Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
16To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
17To carry something in a rocket.
18To attack something with rockets.
19A severe reprimand
20A telling-off.
21An ace (the playing card).
22A stupid or crazy person.
23A very physically attractive woman.
24A blunt lance head used in jousting.
25Figurative uses.

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About antonyms for rocket

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