Asteroids

/ˈæstəˌɹɔɪdz/

Synonyms for "asteroids" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
asteroid class

Strong matches (5)

Noun(3 words)
composition typeearth-crossing asteroidearth-crossing rock

Related words (7)

Noun(5 words)
minor planetplanetoidrock typerocky bodyspace rock

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

5 entries
asteroid typeastronomical bodycelestial bodycelestial objectrocky body

More specific

7 entries
Apollo asteroidAten asteroidcarbonaceous asteroidmetallic asteroidnear Earth asteroidsilicate asteroidstony asteroid

Collocations

6 entries
asteroid beltasteroid impactcarbonaceous asteroidmetallic asteroidnear Earth asteroidstony asteroid

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Don't confuse comets and asteroids.

Source: tatoeba (1169885)

Don't mix up comets and asteroids.

Source: tatoeba (1169887)

Previous episodes of mass extinctions were driven by natural disasters such as asteroids, but this one is driven by humans.

Source: tatoeba (1383582)

Soon, the space agencies launched thousands of robot probes all over the Solar System to explore planets, moons, asteroids, and comets...

Source: tatoeba (1504854)

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