nasa

1. 1.

   an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight

   SynonymsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

   Broaderindependent agency

Other forms of nasa

plural

nasas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nasa

What does nasa mean?

nasa means "an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight".

How many syllables are in nasa?

nasa has 2 syllables: nas-a. The stress falls on "nas". In IPA it is /ˈnæsə/.

What is another word for nasa?

Close synonyms include National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 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 nasa a common word?

nasa is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.