Oxford Dictionary English astronaut noun noun BrE BrE//ˈæstrənɔːt// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈæstrənɔːt// Space travel Add to my wordlistjump to other results a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft sending astronauts into space Wordfinderspaceastronaut, countdown, dock, launch, mission, orbit, rocket, satellite, space, weightless See related entries: Space travel Word Origin1920s: from astro-, on the pattern of aeronaut and aquanaut.See astronaut in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: astronaut oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
