antisatellite

1. 1.

   of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit

   “antisatellite weapons”

   SynonymsASAT

Questions about antisatellite

What does antisatellite mean?

antisatellite means "of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit".

How many syllables are in antisatellite?

antisatellite has 5 syllables: an-ti-sa-tel-lite. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for antisatellite?

Close synonyms include ASAT. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antisatellite a common word?

antisatellite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.