Rocket Scientist Definition

noun
A scientist specializing in rocketry.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out.
Webster's New World
An extremely intelligent person.
American Heritage
(countable) A colloquial term for an astronautical engineer.
Wiktionary

(countable, idiomatic) Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won't work.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • rocket engineer

Other Word Forms of Rocket Scientist

Noun

Singular:
rocket scientist
Plural:
rocket-scientists

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