rocket

n

1. rocket launcher, launching tube or mortar, projector tube, firing tube, retrorocket; gun, cannon.

2. capsule, space capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft, spaceship, moonship, mooncraft, rocket ship, module, command module, satellite; missile, bullet, ballistic misile, surface-to-air missile, SAM, surface-to-surface missile, SSM, guided missile, buzz bomb; skyrocket, firework.

v

3. launch, project, blast off, fire, shoot, shoot off.

4. soar, zoom, climb, ascend, gain altitude; skyrocket, shoot up, take off, fly, disappear into the distance; bullet, tear, Inf. zip, Sl. highball, streak, flash, tear; go like a shot, go like the wind, go like greased lightning, go like a bat out of hell, go hellbent for leather, go full blast or full steam, go full speed ahead; whiz, whish, zing.