rocketlike
Swift and soaring
Resembling a rocket in shape, speed, or trajectory.
Rocketlike usually describes rapid upward movement or a long, cylindrical form: The company's rocketlike growth, a rocketlike ascent through the ranks.
Physical objects may have a rocketlike silhouette—tapered and streamlined.
Rate velocity changes
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- machAirspeed-to-soundspeed ratio
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
- hypersonicFaster than Mach five
transonic · afterburner · turbojet · ramjet · scramjet · streaking · blazing · hurtling
Technologically advanced, futuristically styled
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
jetpack · hyperloop · spacefaring · lunar · martian · launchpad · spaceport · astronaut
Made smooth and efficient
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- finnedHaving swimming appendages
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
elongated · slender · pointed · airflow · slipstream · aerofoil · bullet-shaped · fuselage
Forceful forward motion
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- engineMachine producing motion
- fuelEnergy source material
- burnDamage by heat
nozzle · combustion · ignition · liftoff · launch · exhaust · plume · afterburner
Moving upward
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- arcingMoving along curved trajectory
- parabolicShaped like a conic section
ballistic · vertical · upward · skyward · suborbital · orbital · apogee · ascent
Munition's explosive section
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- guidedLed with assistance
- intercontinentalSpanning multiple continents
cruise · surface-to-air · munitions · ordnance · artillery · tactical · strategic · scud
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- machAirspeed-to-soundspeed ratio
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
hypersonic · transonic · afterburner · turbojet · ramjet · scramjet · streaking · blazing · hurtling · zooming
space-age
Technologically advanced, futuristically styled
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
starship · jetpack · hyperloop · spacefaring · lunar · martian · launchpad · spaceport · astronaut · cosmonaut
streamlined
Made smooth and efficient
cylindrical · elongated · slender · pointed · airflow · slipstream · aerofoil · bullet-shaped · fuselage
thrust
Forceful forward motion
burn · nozzle · combustion · ignition · liftoff · launch · exhaust · plume · afterburner · oxidizer
ascending
Moving upward
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- arcingMoving along curved trajectory
parabolic · ballistic · vertical · upward · skyward · suborbital · orbital · apogee · ascent · reentry
warhead
Munition's explosive section
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- guidedLed with assistance
intercontinental · cruise · surface-to-air · munitions · ordnance · artillery · tactical · strategic · scud · patriot
rocketlikeearthbound
Confined to terra firma
grounded · stationary · immobile · descending · sinking
rocket, rockets, rocker, rocketing, rocketed, rocketry, rocketeer