supersonic

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

capable, solar, used

VERB + SUPERSONIC

boom, drives, reaching

SUPERSONIC + NOUN

aircraft, airliner, fighter, movement, plane

PREP.

ADV.

only

Definitions

adj

Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

supersonic jet

supersonic movement

Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.

noun

An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having frequencies above those of audible sound

ultrasonic

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

supersonic jet

Wiktionary

supersonic movement

Wiktionary

supersonic plane

Wiktionary

The airplane is capable of supersonic speeds.

Tatoeba · #44352

With the development of supersonic jet planes, the world is becoming smaller and smaller.

Tatoeba · #277978

Any neutrinos traveling faster than light would radiate energy away, leaving a wake of slower particles analogous to the sonic boom of a supersonic fighter jet.

Tatoeba · #1148186

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, supersonic is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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