rocket's

Launched vehicle's trail

Rocket's is the possessive form of rocket—either a projectile propelled by expelled gases or a plant with peppery leaves.

The possessive indicates belonging: the rocket's trajectory, the rocket's fuel tank, the rocket's peppery flavor.

Also forms contractions with "is" or "has": The rocket's launching in five minutes.

aerospace

propulsion

Force driving movement forward

  • thrustForceful forward motion
  • engineMachine producing motion
  • fuelEnergy source material

booster · launch · spacecraft · trajectory · payload · nozzle · combustion · ignition · NASA · SpaceX

botanical

arugula

Peppery Mediterranean salad green

  • leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
  • saladCold dressed vegetables
  • pepperyHaving sharp, hot flavor

greens · Mediterranean · garnish · bitter · mustard · leafy · harvest · garden · crop · wild

weaponry

missile

Self-guided airborne weapon

projectile · trajectory · explosive · military · defense · ballistic · RPG · strike · targeting · interception

speed

acceleration

Rate velocity changes

meteoric · rapid · swift · zooming · shooting · blazing · streaking · climbing · ascent · momentum

firework

sparkler

Emitting light stick

fuse · burst · trail · explosion · colorful · sky · launch · New Year's · Diwali · Independence Day

Opposites
speed/velocity

rocket'ssnail's

Of a slow mollusk

tortoise's · slug's · glacier's · turtle's · anchor's

trajectory/direction

rocket'sanchor's

Belonging to mooring weight

stone's · drop's · submarine's · mole's

propulsion/technology

rocket'sbicycle's

Of a pedal-powered vehicle

canoe's · wagon's · raft's · sled's

Phrases
Family

rocket, rockets, rocketing, skyrocket, rocketed, skyrocketing, skyrockets, skyrocketed, rocketry

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G