space cadet

Save This Word!

See synonyms for: space cadet / space cadets on Thesaurus.com

noun Slang.

a person who appears to be in his or her own world or out of touch with reality.

a person who behaves oddly or seems stupefied or remote because of the influence of drugs; druggie.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of space cadet

1950–55, for sense “spaceman trainee”

Words nearby space cadet

spaceband, space bar, space biology, space blanket, spaceborne, space cadet, space capsule, space carrier, space character, space charge, spacecraft

How to use space cadet in a sentence

Space Invaders had just been introduced in America, and Atari was looking for a game that would do it one better.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Cadet turned suddenly with a surprised look, opened his hand and said ‘a piece of chalk,’ at the same time displaying it.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Former cadet Lane said he only saw Jackson attempt to catch one of them.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once a cadet dropped a brick from a third-story barracks window that barely missed Jackson.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Over a decade, his teaching often took place in an atmosphere of what one cadet called “wanton disrespect.”
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The young artillery cadet had both determination and capacity and his early career foreshadowed his future success.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The constable stared at the cadet for a moment and then his jaw dropped and likewise the club in his hand.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall|Arthur M. Winfield
He lifted the other cadet as high as he could and with a shove sent him rolling on the ice beyond.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall|Arthur M. Winfield
What he really obtained in Italy was little more than a splendid provision for a cadet of his house.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
And we may proceed to the remaining two of the great classes into which facts have been divided; Resemblance, and Order in Space.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill

British Dictionary definitions for space cadet

space cadet

noun

slang a person who is eccentric or out of touch with reality, as if affected by drugs

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

space cadet

Origin of space cadet

Words nearby space cadet

Words related to space cadet

How to use space cadet in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for space cadet