missile

Meaning

1. Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
2. A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.

Synonyms

rocket

🚀

projectile

weapon

guided missile

arrow

jet

shell

🐚

flying bomb

gun

🔫

instrument

lance

letter

locket

propellent

propelling

rocket engine

space vehicle

tool

warhead

weaponry

star shell

flare bomb

projectile weapon

arrows and bullets

cartride

missile weapon

impelled forward

target indicator

emitting substance

guided vehicle

guide missle

light shell

illuminating projectile

illuminating flare

P-bomb

mísil

ammunition

misil

arm

ballistic missile

cast

dart

🎯

firearms

flare

Translations

missile

missile

Rakete

🚀

misil

míssil

projectile

raket

🚀

füze

🚀

razzo

míssil

proyectil

πύραυλος

βλήμα

Flugkörper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪsaɪl/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: missile

In summary

From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.