Home › Words › A › afronautafronaut/ˈæf.ɹəˌnɔːt/afronaut means an astronaut of African origin.afronaut is pronounced /ˈæf.ɹəˌnɔːt/.EtymologyBlend of Afro- + astronaut.nounAn astronaut of African origin.e.g.“A South African celebrity entrepreneur known for his space travel—he was the first ‘afronaut’—as well as his philanthropic ambition, [Mark] Shuttleworth has overseen the development of Ubuntu […]” — 2005, Soenke Zehle, “FLOSS Redux: Notes on African Software Politics”, in Mute, volume 2, number 1, →ISSN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.africoon 66% match — A black African. vs afronaut →blafrican 64% match — A black African. vs afronaut →africunt 63% match — An African. vs afronaut →afrofuturist 62% match — A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism. vs afronaut →afrodiaspora 60% match — An African diaspora. vs afronaut →touronaut 60% match — A space tourist. vs afronaut →taikonaut 60% match — A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. vs afronaut →afropean 60% match — A European with African ancestors. vs afronaut →