SATELLITE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

satellite

noun

Definition of satellite

as in camp follower

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Recent Examples of satellite Eventually, SpaceX hopes to use Starship’s high cargo capacity to rapidly build out its satellite Internet constellation, Starlink, and to construct an orbital artificial intelligence data center. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026 Musk has aspirations to massively expand SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network, to launch orbital data centers and to someday colonize Mars. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 The latest satellite data from the Environment Ministry showed South Sumatra recorded the highest number of hot spots nationwide with 1,429, followed by West Kalimantan with 1,226 and Central Kalimantan with 811. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Rasmussen in 1978 was idling in traffic on Connecticut’s Interstate 84 after acquiring a satellite transponder from RCA, and decided to launch a new network devoted only to sports on a single acre near the small town of Bristol. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for satellite

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Noun

Republican politicians have been calling on Biden to curb inflation, but there isn’t much a president can really do except raise taxes, which of course the GOP and their Democratic camp follower Joe Manchin oppose.

— Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 July 2022
There’s the near-noirish play between dark and light captured by Tripe in an Indian temple or the Yvonne De Carlo expression (speaking of almost noirish) on the face of a camp follower in a Fenton Crimean War photograph.

— Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018

Definition of camp follower

Noun

This is my personal version of those videos of soldiers coming home from war, and the other women react as such.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
The problem is, Reigns still acts like a heel while Jey Uso, despite winning the Royal Rumble and becoming world champion, is back to being his lackey.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026

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As literary scholar Leah Price has observed, the it-narrative’s premise held special appeal for Christian missionaries, whose evangelical activities likewise hinged on social circulation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
The German missionary who had settled in the highlands had started a Lutheran school, and Gajdusek asked him to find a good candidate among the students.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of missionary

Noun

One of the senior henchmen of right-wing Christian politics saw this dangerous transformation unfolding from the inside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
While Sanji and Chopper fight off various henchmen, Luffy battles Wapol and eventually beats him with Sanj’s help.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of henchman

Noun

And as Netanyahu’s coalitions hardened Schleien’s programs became edgier, skewering Netanyahu sycophants in the Likud Party, anti-élitist demagogues, cultic settlers, and rabbinic mandarins.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
In an undersized team that already shares a worldview, the silicon sycophant doesn't catch the blind spot.

— Matt Poepsel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of sycophant

Noun

Breitbart has also published an article skewering Hamilton for suggesting that adherents of other religions might get to Heaven.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Its adherents believe that the relentless pursuit of maximizing individual freedom and rights has come at the cost of community, religion, and traditional norms.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of adherent

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