rocket scientist

noun

: a person who designs or builds rockets

also : an unusually smart person

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand the instructions.

Examples of rocket scientist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He was assigned to be a sort of morale officer, attached to the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, whom the United States hoped would work for the military after the war. —Clay Risen, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024

One of the most intriguing of these is Impulse Space, a company founded two years ago by rocket scientist Tom Mueller, who was a founding employee at SpaceX before leaving in 2020. —Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023

But any quiet plans Indy might have for his golden years fly out the window with the appearance of two characters: Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a German rocket scientist now working on the U.S. space program, and Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), the daughter of Basil and Indy’s goddaughter. —Michael O'Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2023

The innovative filmmaker’s tale about a rocket scientist (Matthew McConaughey) who jumps through wormholes to save mankind is more than white-knuckle science fiction. —Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023

Donovan is, in fact, a rocket scientist. —Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023

In a new episode of Amelia Dimoldenberg’s popular Chicken Shop Date YouTube series, the 29-year-old host asks Twain if she’s ever met a rocket scientist, in reference to another verse of the same song. —Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023

And the rocket scientist who helped remind us of that. —Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2023

Never saw a souvenir shop there either, nor a rocket scientist. —Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2023