Meteors

Synonyms for "meteors" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
falling star

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)
meteor shower activityshooting star

Related word relations

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

4 relation types

More general

2 entries
astronomical phenomenoncelestial event

More specific

4 entries

Collocations

5 entries
Perseids meteor showerbolidebright meteormeteor showershooting star

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn in order to illuminate their century.

Source: tatoeba (391771)

The atmosphere protects us from meteors.

Source: tatoeba (3955498)

Due to the friction generated between a meteor and the atmospheric gases, most meteors burn up before hitting Earth's surface as a meteorite.

Source: tatoeba (3955501)

People often refer to meteors as "falling" or "shooting" stars.

Source: tatoeba (3957623)

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

More for "meteors"