starship

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈstɑˌrʃɪp/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, capable of traveling between star systems.; Any large, advanced spacecraft used in science fiction for space exploration or warfare.; A reusable launch vehicle developed by SpaceX, intended for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: starships

Collocations

starship captainstarship crewstarship trooperstarship enterpriseboard a starship

Synonyms

spaceshipspacecraftstar vesselinterstellar ship

Commonly confused

spaceship
EN: 'Spaceship' is a general term for any vehicle designed for space travel, while 'starship' specifically implies a vessel capable of interstellar (between-stars) travel.
spacecraft
EN: 'Spacecraft' is a broader, more technical term encompassing any vehicle for space travel, including satellites and probes, whereas 'starship' refers specifically to large crewed interstellar vessels.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word 'starship', not two words 'star ship'. It is a closed compound noun.

💬 Examples

  1. The crew boarded the starship and prepared for the long journey to the nearest habitable planet.

  2. The science fiction novel featured a fleet of starships battling for control of the galaxy.

  3. SpaceX successfully conducted another test flight of its Starship rocket from the Texas launch site.