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cosmonaut

/ˈkɒzmənɔːt/noun

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अंतरिक्ष यात्री (रूसी)

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as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Pre 2021
noun
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    an astronaut from the former Soviet Union or modern Russia

    अंतरिक्ष यात्री (रूसी)

    • Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut.
    • The cosmonaut waved to the crowd before boarding the spacecraft.
    • The cosmonaut spent six months on the space station before returning to Earth.
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    • Every cosmonaut must pass a tough fitness test before a mission.
    • Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman cosmonaut to travel into space.

    Synonyms astronaut spaceman space traveller

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

astronaut spaceman space traveller

AaSpelling

cos·mo·naut

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often: a space traveller from the USA or Europe is an astronaut; from Russia a cosmonaut; from China a taikonaut; from India a gaganyatri (for the Gaganyaan mission).

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: अमेरिका या यूरोप का अंतरिक्ष यात्री astronaut; रूस का cosmonaut; चीन का taikonaut; भारत का gaganyatri (गगनयान मिशन के लिए)।

General knowledge

Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961; Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian in space (1984, on a Soviet mission); Shubhanshu Shukla travelled to the International Space Station in 2025.

Yuri Gagarin 1961 में अंतरिक्ष में जाने वाले पहले मनुष्य बने; राकेश शर्मा अंतरिक्ष में जाने वाले पहले भारतीय थे (1984, सोवियत मिशन पर); शुभांशु शुक्ला ने 2025 में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अंतरिक्ष स्टेशन की यात्रा की।