launching pad

Questions about launching pad

What is another word for launching pad?

It depends which launching pad you mean. In the sense “a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched”, the synonyms are launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of launching pad?

WordNet records no antonym for launching pad. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for launching pad come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of launching pad

• Full entry for launching padAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for launching padWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.