The rendezvous with the space station had to be postponed when a data formatting issue between the Cygnus and the ISS emerged and required a software patch.
Source: tatoeba (12134700)
Cygnus
/ˈsɪɡnəs/
Synonyms for "cygnus" (11 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: cycnus, cygnus x-1 source, cygnus x-1 system, latin swan term, northern cross.
- Sentence evidence is available for cygnus, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "cygnus".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "cygnus"
Keep "cygnus" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "cygnus" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "cygnus", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "cygnus" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesX-ray sourceastronomical objectbird genuscelestial objectlatin nounlinguistic termwaterfowl genus
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesCygnus X-1Cygnus buccinatorCygnus constellationCygnus loopCygnus olorCygnus region
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Swaan name (constellation)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Κύκνος name (constellation)
Arabic
1 entries- الدَّجَاجَة name (constellation)
Armenian
1 entries- Կարապ name (constellation)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Qu name (constellation)
Bashkir
1 entries- Аҡҡош name (constellation)
Belarusian
1 entries- Лебедзь name (constellation)
Breton
1 entries- Alarc'h name (constellation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Лебед name (constellation)
Burmese
2 entries- ဆင်တာရာ name (constellation)
- ဆိုင်နပ် name (constellation)
Catalan
1 entries- Cigne name (constellation)
Chinese
1 entries- 天鵝座 /天鹅座 name (constellation)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 天鵝座 /天鹅座 name (constellation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 天鵝座 /天鹅座 name (constellation)
Czech
1 entries- Labuť name (constellation)
Danish
1 entries- Svanen name (constellation)
Dutch
1 entries- Zwaan name (constellation)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 天鵝座 /天鹅座 name (constellation)
Esperanto
1 entries- Cigno name (constellation)
Estonian
1 entries- Luik name (constellation)
Finnish
1 entries- Joutsen name (constellation)
French
1 entries- Cygne name (constellation)
Galician
1 entries- Cisne name (constellation)
Georgian
1 entries- გედი name (constellation)
German
1 entries- Schwan name (constellation)
Greek
1 entries- Κύκνος name (constellation)
Hebrew
1 entries- בַּרְבּוּר name (constellation)
Hindi
1 entries- हंस name (constellation)
Hungarian
1 entries- Hattyú name (constellation)
Irish
2 entries- Cros an Tuaiscirt name (constellation)
- an Eala name (constellation)
Italian
1 entries- Cigno name (constellation)
Japanese
2 entries- はくちょう座 name (constellation)
- 白鳥座 name (constellation)
Kazakh
1 entries- Аққу name (constellation)
Korean
1 entries- 백조(白鳥)자리 name (constellation)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Ак куу name (constellation)
Latin
1 entries- Cygnus name (constellation)
Latvian
1 entries- Gulbis name (constellation)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Gulbė name (constellation)
Macedonian
1 entries- Лебед name (constellation)
Malay
1 entries- Cygnus name (constellation)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജായര name (constellation)
Marathi
1 entries- हंस name (constellation)
Moksha
1 entries- Озял name (constellation)
Māori
1 entries- Maratea name (constellation)
Nepali
1 entries- हंस name (constellation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Svanen name (constellation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Svana name (constellation)
Occitan
1 entries- Cigne name (constellation)
Persian
1 entries- ماکیان name (constellation)
Polish
1 entries- Łabędź name (constellation)
Portuguese
1 entries- Cisne name (constellation)
Romanian
1 entries- Lebădă name (constellation)
Russian
1 entries- Ле́бедь name (constellation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Lȁbūd name (constellation)
- Ла̏бӯд name (constellation)
Slovak
1 entries- Labuť name (constellation)
Slovene
1 entries- Labod name (constellation)
Spanish
1 entries- Cygnus name (constellation)
Swahili
1 entries- Dajaja name (constellation)
Swedish
1 entries- Svanen name (constellation)
Tagalog
2 entries- Gansa name (constellation)
- Hilagang Paripa name (constellation)
Tamil
1 entries- சிக்னசு name (constellation)
Tatar
1 entries- Аккош name (constellation)
Thai
1 entries- กลุ่มดาวหงส์ name (constellation)
Tibetan
1 entries- ངང་དཀར་སྐར་ཚོམ name (constellation)
Turkish
1 entries- Kuğu name (constellation)
Tuvan
1 entries- Куу name (constellation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Ле́бідь name (constellation)
Urdu
1 entries- ہنس name (constellation)
Uzbek
1 entries- Oqqush name (constellation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Thiên Nga name (constellation)
Yakut
1 entries- Куба name (constellation)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The shuttle is the third ship to arrive at the ISS in recent weeks. It is sharing the station with Orbital ATK's supply ship Cygnus, as well as two Russian Progress freighters and two Russian Soyuz crew capsules.
Source: tatoeba (12271504)
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "cygnus"?
Closest matches include cycnus, cygnus x-1 source, cygnus x-1 system, latin swan term, northern cross.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "cygnus"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.