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

1 sense of shooting star

Sense 1
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")