Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meteor

2 senses of meteor

Sense 1
meteoroid, meteor -- ((astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere)
       => extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body -- (a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere)

Sense 2
meteor, shooting star -- (a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode)
       => light, visible light, visible radiation -- ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window")