missile
English Thesaurus
1. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | projectile, rocket, |
| definition | : | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine (noun.artifact) |
| hypernym | : | arm, weapon, weapon system, |
| definition | : | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | air-to-air missile, |
| definition | : | a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | ballistic missile, |
| definition | : | a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | guided missile, |
| definition | : | a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | heat-seeking missile, |
| definition | : | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sidewinder, |
| definition | : | air-to-air missile with infrared homing device (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | nose, |
| definition | : | a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft) (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | vane, |
| definition | : | a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it (noun.artifact) |
2. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | arm, weapon, weapon system, |
| definition | : | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | arrow, |
| definition | : | a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bullet, slug, |
| definition | : | a projectile that is fired from a gun (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dart, |
| definition | : | a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | seeker, |
| definition | : | a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pellet, shot, |
| definition | : | a solid missile discharged from a firearm (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | spitball, |
| definition | : | a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | projectile, |
| definition | : | impelling or impelled forward (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | projectile, |
| definition | : | impelling or impelled forward (adj.all) |
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