spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship 

: a vehicle used for space travel

Examples of spaceship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has fenced off its central plaza, beneath the spaceship-like, hovering building, reports the Los Angeles Times. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

In this first contact technothriller, a mysterious spaceship carrying an alien hive mind called the Irunmole appears above Nigeria. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Teams devised an unprecedented bit of spaceship surgery to replace the valve without draining the propellant and disassembling the spacecraft, steps that would have triggered a much longer delay. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

In Los Angeles, the contemporary art collector and founder of Taschen Books—the renowned global publisher of coffee table art and design books—owns the spaceship-like Chemosphere in the Hollywood Hills, crafted by John Lautner in 1960. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spaceship

• authorship
• battleship
• censorship
• chairmanship
• chieftainship
• comradeship
• consulship
• craftsmanship
• dealership
• draftsmanship
• fellowship
• fingertip

Kids Definition

spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship 

ˈspāsh-

: spacecraft