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

5 senses of rocket

Sense 1
rocket, projectile -- (any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine)
       => vehicle -- (a conveyance that transports people or objects)

Sense 2
rocket, rocket engine -- (a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion)
       => jet engine -- (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)

Sense 3
rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa -- (erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 4
rocket, skyrocket -- (propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon)
       => visual signal -- (a signal that involves visual communication)

Sense 5
skyrocket, rocket -- (sends a firework display high into the sky)
       => firework, pyrotechnic -- ((usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rocket

2 senses of rocket

Sense 1
rocket, skyrocket -- (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed")
       => rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")

Sense 2
rocket -- (propel with a rocket)
       => propel, impel -- (cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship")