spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship 

: a vehicle used for space travel

Examples of spaceship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

George Lucas and Mellody Hobson want their massive spaceship of a museum to be an experience. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Part of it is as simple as that 7-year-old’s love of spaceships. — Christopher Watson, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Housed inside a sinuous white design by MAD Architects and Stantec, the Lucas Museum looks like a spaceship hovering above South Los Angeles’ Exposition Park. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

What to Read Providence, by Max Barry Seven years before the start of this novel, an alien species slaughtered everyone aboard a human spaceship—Earth’s first contact with extraterrestrials. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 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