Missile

//ˈmɪs.aɪl//

Synonyms for "missile" (143 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (43)

Related words (71)

Noun(2 words)
projectprojectile

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

8 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

30 entries

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has context

1 entries

is a

7 entries

related to

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

157 translations across 80 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • missiel noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Albanian

1 entries
  • raketë noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ሚሳይል noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βέλος noun (air-based weapon)

Arabic

4 entries
  • صَارُوخ noun (air-based weapon)
  • صَارُوخ noun (air-based weapon)
  • صَارُوخ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • قَذِيفَة noun (air-based weapon)

Armenian

2 entries
  • արկ noun (air-based weapon)
  • հրթիռ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mərmi noun (air-based weapon)
  • raket noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Basque

1 entries
  • misil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • знара́д noun (air-based weapon)
  • ку́ля noun (air-based weapon)
  • раке́та noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • снара́д noun (air-based weapon)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • মিসাইল noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • куршу́м noun (air-based weapon)
  • раке́та noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • снаря́д noun (air-based weapon)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဒုံးပျံ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Catalan

2 entries
  • míssil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • projectil noun (air-based weapon)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • تۆپ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 導彈 /导弹 noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • 飛彈 /飞弹 noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Czech

2 entries
  • střela noun (air-based weapon)
  • střela noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Danish

1 entries
  • missil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Dutch

1 entries
  • raket noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • misilo noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Estonian

1 entries
  • rakett noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ammus noun (air-based weapon)
  • heittoase noun (air-based weapon)
  • ohjus noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

French

2 entries
  • missile noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • projectile noun (air-based weapon)

Galician

1 entries
  • mísil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მართული ყუმბარა noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • რაკეტა noun (air-based weapon)
  • რაკეტა noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ყუმბარა noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

German

4 entries
  • Fluggeschoss noun (air-based weapon)
  • Geschoss noun (air-based weapon)
  • Lenkflugkörper noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • Lenkwaffe noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Greek

2 entries
  • βλήμα noun (air-based weapon)
  • πύραυλος noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • טִיל noun (air-based weapon)
  • טִיל noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • רָקֶטָה noun (air-based weapon)

Hindi

4 entries
  • प्रक्षेपणास्त्र noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • प्रक्षेपास्त्र noun (air-based weapon)
  • प्रक्षेपास्त्र noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • मिसाइल noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • lövedék noun (air-based weapon)
  • lövedék noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • rakéta noun (air-based weapon)
  • rakéta noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • eldflaug noun (air-based weapon)
  • eldflaug noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Ido

1 entries
  • misilo noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Indonesia

3 entries
  • misil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • peluru kendali noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • rudal noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • راکِت noun (air-based weapon)
  • موشَک noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • پَرْتابِه noun (air-based weapon)

Irish

3 entries
  • arm diúractha noun (air-based weapon)
  • diúracán noun (air-based weapon)
  • diúracán noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Italian

1 entries
  • missile noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ミサイル noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • 弾丸 noun (air-based weapon)
  • 誘導弾 noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (air-based weapon)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ракета noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កាំជ្រួច noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Korean

4 entries
  • 미사일 noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • 미싸일 noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • 유도탄 noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • 탄환 noun (air-based weapon)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ракета noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Lakota

2 entries
  • wípȟe napsílyapi noun (air-based weapon)
  • wípȟe napsílyapi noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຈະຣວດ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ຈະລວດ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ຈະຫລວດ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ບັ້ງໄຟ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Latin

1 entries
  • missile noun (air-based weapon)

Latvian

1 entries
  • raķete noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • raketa noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wóźeńska broń noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • проекти́л noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • раке́та noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Malay

1 entries
  • peluru berpandu noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Marathi

3 entries
  • क्षेपणास्त्र noun (air-based weapon)
  • क्षेपणास्त्र noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • मिसाइल noun (air-based weapon)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • пуужин noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ᠫᠤᠤᠵᠢᠩ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • fuze noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • rakêt noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • missil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مزایل noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Polish

2 entries
  • pocisk noun (air-based weapon)
  • rakieta noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • míssil noun (air-based weapon)
  • míssil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Romanian

2 entries
  • proiectil noun (air-based weapon)
  • rachetă noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Russian

3 entries
  • пу́ля noun (air-based weapon)
  • раке́та noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • снаря́д noun (air-based weapon)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अस्त्र noun (air-based weapon)
  • हेषस् noun (air-based weapon)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • urchair noun (air-based weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • rakèta noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ракѐта noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • මිසයිල noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Slovak

2 entries
  • raketa noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • strela noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Slovene

1 entries
  • raketa noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Spanish

2 entries
  • misil noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • proyectil noun (air-based weapon)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kombora noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Swedish

3 entries
  • missil noun (air-based weapon)
  • raket noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • robot noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Tajik

2 entries
  • мушак noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • ракета noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Telugu

4 entries
  • క్షిపణి noun (air-based weapon)
  • క్షిపణి noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • మిస్సైల్ noun (air-based weapon)
  • మిస్సైల్ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Thai

2 entries
  • ขีปนาวุธ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • จรวด noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཕུར་མདེལ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Turkish

1 entries
  • füze noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • raketa noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ку́ля noun (air-based weapon)
  • раке́та noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • снаря́д noun (air-based weapon)

Urdu

2 entries
  • راکِٹ noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • مِیزائِل noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • راكېتا noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • mushak noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • raketa noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đạn tự hành noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Welsh

2 entries
  • taflegryn noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)
  • teflyn noun (air-based weapon)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ראַקעט noun (self-propelled, guidable projectile)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The missile attack took a heavy toll of lives.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

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Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.

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On September 20, 1951, a monkey named Yorick and 11 mice were recovered after an Aerobee missile flight of 236,000 feet at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Yorick got a fair amount of press as the first monkey to live through a space flight.

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