A burning meteoroid produces a meteor.
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Meteor
//ˈmiːtɪ.ə//
Synonyms for "meteor" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesat location
7 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
11 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
129 translations across 90 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Arabic
1 entries- شِهَاب noun (streak of light)
Armenian
1 entries- ասուպ noun (streak of light)
Assamese
2 entries- উল্কা noun (streak of light)
- পপীয়া তৰা noun (streak of light)
Asturian
1 entries- meteoru noun (streak of light)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- axan ulduz noun (streak of light)
- meteor noun (streak of light)
Basque
1 entries- meteoro noun (streak of light)
Belarusian
2 entries- метэо́р noun (streak of light)
- мэтэо́р noun (streak of light)
Bengali
1 entries- উল্কা noun (streak of light)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метео́р noun (streak of light)
Burmese
2 entries- ဥက္ကာ noun (streak of light)
- ဥပါကြယ် noun (streak of light)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- метео́р noun (streak of light)
Catalan
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Chinese
1 entries- 流星 noun (streak of light)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 流星 noun (streak of light)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 流星 noun (streak of light)
Cornish
2 entries- steren-leski noun (streak of light)
- steren-wibya noun (streak of light)
Czech
3 entries- létavice noun (streak of light)
- meteor noun (streak of light)
- povětroň noun (streak of light)
Danish
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Dutch
2 entries- meteoor noun (streak of light)
- vallende ster noun (streak of light)
Esperanto
1 entries- meteoro noun (streak of light)
Estonian
1 entries- meteoor noun (streak of light)
Finnish
2 entries- meteori noun (streak of light)
- tähdenlento noun (streak of light)
French
1 entries- météore noun (streak of light)
Galician
1 entries- meteoro noun (streak of light)
Georgian
1 entries- მეტეორი noun (streak of light)
German
1 entries- Meteor noun (streak of light)
Greek
1 entries- μετέωρο noun (streak of light)
Hawaiian
3 entries- akua lele noun (streak of light)
- hōkū lele noun (streak of light)
- koli noun (streak of light)
Hebrew
1 entries- מֶטֶאוֹר noun (streak of light)
Hindi
1 entries- उल्का noun (streak of light)
Hungarian
2 entries- hullócsillag noun (streak of light)
- meteor noun (streak of light)
Icelandic
1 entries- stjörnuhrap noun (streak of light)
Indonesian
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- شَخانِه noun (streak of light)
- شَهاب noun (streak of light)
- نِیْزَک noun (streak of light)
Irish
2 entries- dreige noun (streak of light)
- meitéar noun (streak of light)
Italian
1 entries- meteora noun (streak of light)
Japanese
2 entries- 流れ星 noun (streak of light)
- 流星 noun (streak of light)
Kabwa
1 entries- ekimondo class 7 noun (streak of light)
Kazakh
1 entries- метеор noun (streak of light)
Khmer
2 entries- កេតុ noun (streak of light)
- អាកាសបាតុភូត noun (streak of light)
Korean
2 entries- 류성 noun (streak of light)
- 유성 noun (streak of light)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- метеор noun (streak of light)
Lao
3 entries- ດາວຕົກ noun (streak of light)
- ທຸມະເກດ noun (streak of light)
- ອຸກກາ noun (streak of light)
Latin
1 entries- meteōrum noun (streak of light)
Latvian
1 entries- meteors noun (streak of light)
Lithuanian
1 entries- meteoras noun (streak of light)
Macedonian
1 entries- метеор noun (streak of light)
Malay
2 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
- tahi bintang noun (streak of light)
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
1 entries- esqotewit noun (streak of light)
Maltese
1 entries- meteora noun (streak of light)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡝᠶᡝᡵᡝ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ noun (streak of light)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- pugtewit noun (streak of light)
Mongolian
1 entries- солир noun (streak of light)
Māori
4 entries- kōkiri noun (streak of light)
- kōtiri noun (streak of light)
- kōtiritiri noun (streak of light)
- matakōkiri noun (streak of light)
Navajo
2 entries- sǫʼ nanidéhígíí noun (streak of light)
- sǫʼ náádiilwoʼígíí noun (streak of light)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Occitan
1 entries- meteòr noun (streak of light)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شهاب noun (streak of light)
Pali
1 entries- ukkā noun (streak of light)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- метеор noun (streak of light)
Pashto
2 entries- اسماني تيږه noun (streak of light)
- شهاب noun (streak of light)
Polish
2 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
- spadająca gwiazda noun (streak of light)
Portuguese
1 entries- meteoro noun (streak of light)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਉਲਕਾ noun (streak of light)
- ਕੇਤੂ noun (streak of light)
Romanian
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Russian
1 entries- метео́р noun (streak of light)
Rwanda-Rundi
2 entries- kibona umwe noun (streak of light)
- kibonumwe noun (streak of light)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उल्का noun (streak of light)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dreag noun (streak of light)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- metèōr noun (streak of light)
- метѐо̄р noun (streak of light)
Sicilian
1 entries- mitèuru noun (streak of light)
Slovak
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Slovene
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Spanish
1 entries- meteoro noun (streak of light)
Swahili
1 entries- kimondo noun (streak of light)
Swedish
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Tagalog
2 entries- bulalakaw noun (streak of light)
- taeng-bituin noun (streak of light)
Tajik
2 entries- метеор noun (streak of light)
- шиҳоб noun (streak of light)
Telugu
1 entries- ఉల్క noun (streak of light)
Thai
3 entries- กลาบาต noun (streak of light)
- ดาวตก noun (streak of light)
- อุกกาบาต noun (streak of light)
Turkish
2 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
- şahap noun (streak of light)
Turkmen
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Ukrainian
1 entries- метео́р noun (streak of light)
Urdu
3 entries- اُلْکا noun (streak of light)
- شِہاب noun (streak of light)
- شِہابِیَّہ noun (streak of light)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئاقار يۇلتۇز noun (streak of light)
- مېتېئور noun (streak of light)
Uzbek
1 entries- meteor noun (streak of light)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sao băng noun (streak of light)
Welsh
1 entries- seren wib noun (streak of light)
Yiddish
1 entries- מעטעאָר noun (streak of light)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It's only a matter of time before the meteor strikes.
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One theory held that a meteor killed the age of dinosaurs.
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Tom watched the meteor shower.
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