Spaceforce

name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.

    ""Wouldn't fit through the window," Lex apologized. "Anyway, a starship's a big responsibility — you're planning to join the spaceforce, aren't you?""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Space Force. alt-of, alternative

    "Finally, you don’t have to be a soothsayer to understand that the China/US conflict can lead to an acceleration of the climate and worldwide economic crisis. Who is worrying about that in Washington or Beijing? Not SpaceForce. They are apolitical."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Space Force. alt-of, alternative

    "“It is, Captain Gray,” a European Spaceforce admiral told him. “Operation Cygni, a joint European-American scientific and first-contact expedition to the star Deneb.""

Example

More examples

""Wouldn't fit through the window," Lex apologized. "Anyway, a starship's a big responsibility — you're planning to join the spaceforce, aren't you?""

Etymology

From space + force. Coined in analogy to airforce.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.