spacecraft

Other forms of spacecraft

plural

spacecrafts·

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 spacecraft

What does spacecraft mean?

spacecraft means "a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun".

How many syllables are in spacecraft?

spacecraft has 2 syllables: space-craft. The stress falls on "space". In IPA it is /ˈspeɪˌskɹæft/.

What is another word for spacecraft?

Close synonyms include ballistic capsule, space vehicle. 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 spacecraft a common word?

spacecraft is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.