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spaceship

[speys-ship] / ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp /
NOUN
flying saucer
Synonyms
WEAK
UFO extraterrestrial spacecraft extraterrestrial vessel spacecraft unidentified flying object
NOUN
rocket
Synonyms
STRONGEST
booster firework intercontinental ballistic missile missile spacecraft torpedo weapon
STRONG
ICBM
WEAK
guided missile
NOUN
rocket ship
Synonyms
WEAK
interplanetary rocket manned rocket space rocket
NOUN
space capsule
Synonyms
STRONGEST
capsule spacecraft
WEAK
ballistic capsule command module exploratory ship lunar module module space shuttle
NOUN
UFO
Synonyms
STRONG
rocket
WEAK
extraterrestrial spacecraft flying saucer rocketship
NOUN
unidentified flying object
Synonyms
WEAK
UFO extraterrestrial spacecraft flying saucer spacecraft

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The spaceship will actually swing around the Moon without entering its orbit by following a carefully planned trajectory.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The night sky, the bands' spaceship, all of it was graphics.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Ryan Gosling stars in the film as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a sun-dimming phenomenon.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

We learn all of this via flashbacks interspersed throughout the present-day trials of Dr. Grace after he wakes up, clueless, on a spaceship extremely far from home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

As they climbed into the back seat of the spaceship car, the boy thought about that.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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