nuclear submarine

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   a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power

   Synonymsnautilusnuclear-powered submarine

   Broadersubmarine

Questions about nuclear submarine

What does nuclear submarine mean?

nuclear submarine means "a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power".

What is another word for nuclear submarine?

Close synonyms include nautilus, nuclear-powered submarine. 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 nuclear submarine a common word?

nuclear submarine 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.