What is another word for spacemen?

Pronunciation: [spˈe͡ɪsmɛn] (IPA)

Spacemen are individuals who venture into the unknown and explore the vast expanse of space. Synonyms for spacemen include astronauts, cosmonauts, taikonauts, spacewalkers, and space travelers. An astronaut is a professional or civilian trained by a space agency to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere, while a cosmonaut is a Russian term for the same profession. Taikonauts, meanwhile, are Chinese astronauts. Spacewalkers are astronauts who venture outside their spacecraft to conduct repairs or perform experiments. Lastly, space travelers are used as a generic term for any individual who ventures into space. While all of these terms refer to someone who travels in space, they each bring their own cultural and national significance.

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Usage examples for Spacemen

They wouldn't close though, and the spacemen died puzzled as to why not.
"For Every Man A Reason"
Patrick Wilkins
There was much mourning aboard the Herringbone-for, with its lovable personality and innocently engaging ways, the little fellow had won its way into the hearts of all the spacemen-until the first officer discovered a substantial pink cocoon resting on the ship's control board and rushed to the intercom to spread the glad tidings.
"Once a Greech"
Evelyn E. Smith
There were clerks; laborers; poor but haughty nobles: and wealthy merchants who had long been forced to hide their riches from the dictator's tax-gatherers, and soldiers, and spacemen.
"Flight From Tomorrow"
Henry Beam Piper

Famous quotes with Spacemen

  • The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.
    Fred Allen
  • You know what they say about spacemen never becoming spacemen.
    Poul Anderson

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