Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heat-seeking_missile

1 sense of heat-seeking missile

Sense 1
heat-seeking missile -- (a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine))
       => missile -- (a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control)