starmen

Celestial voyagers, informally

Starmen is the plural of starman—a being from the stars, an extraterrestrial or space traveler.

The word appears in science fiction and fantasy contexts: The starmen landed their craft in the desert.

David Bowie's "Starman" made the term iconic in popular music, evoking cosmic mystery and otherworldly visitation.

sci-fi

extraterrestrial

Being from outer space

spacecraft · warp · federation · android · cyborg · holodeck · multiverse · hyperspace · Bowie · Ziggy

astronauts

spacewalk

Venturing outside a spacecraft

  • spacesuitPressurized garment for vacuum
  • NASAFederal space exploration bureau
  • ISSOrbiting multinational research facility

mission · launch · capsule · orbiter · shuttle · zero-gravity · microgravity · reentry · EVA · extravehicular

cosmonauts

Gagarin

First human in orbit

  • SoyuzRussian crewed spacecraft
  • VostokSoviet space program
  • MirRussian space station

Sputnik · Progress · Soviet · Proton

pioneers

trailblazers

Those who open territory

discoverers · expedition · odyssey · frontiersmen · adventurers · innovators · expeditioners · exploration · navigate · wayfarer

Opposites
cosmic origin/domain

starmenearthlings

Inhabitants of our planet

earthmen · terrestrials · groundlings · humans · mortals

transcendence vs. ordinariness

starmencommon folk

Ordinary members of society

everymen · nobodies · mere mortals · commoners · pedestrians

realm of existence

starmenearthbound

Confined to terra firma

cave dwellers

Family

star, stars, starry, starred, starring, stardom, starlet, starlight, starfish

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G