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ROCKET SCIENTIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An engineer who builds and tests rockets

Synonyms:

rocket engineer; rocket scientist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rocket scientist" is a kind of...):

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Instance hyponyms:

Braun; von Braun; Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun; Wernher von Braun (United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A clever thinker

Example:

you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rocket scientist" is a kind of...):

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

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