rocket

/ɹˈɑkət/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
2. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
3. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
4. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
5. sends a firework display high into the sky

verb

1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
   “prices skyrocketed”
2. propel with a rocket

Synonyms for rocket

• projectile
• rocket engine
• roquette
• garden rocket
• rocket salad
• arugula
• Eruca sativa
• Eruca vesicaria sativa
• skyrocket

Words that rhyme with rocket

• pocket
• docket
• skyrocket
• socket
• sprocket
• pickpocket
• erakat
• hocutt