Synonyms for satellite
ˈsæt lˌaɪtsatel·lite

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. satellite

   Synonyms:
   attendant, follower, subordinate, shadow, associate, hanger-on, second

   Antonyms:
   leader, principal

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1. satellite, artificial satellite, orbiternoun

   man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

   Synonyms:
   planet, orbiter, artificial satellite

   Antonyms:
   inner(a)

2. satellite, planetnoun

   a person who follows or serves another

   Synonyms:
   major planet, planet, orbiter, artificial satellite

   Antonyms:
   inner(a)

3. satelliteadjective

   any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

   Synonyms:
   planet, orbiter, artificial satellite

   Antonyms:
   inner(a)

4. satelliteverb

   surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power

   "a city and its satellite communities"

   Antonyms:
   inner(a)

5. satelliteverb

   broadcast or disseminate via satellite

   Antonyms:
   inner(a)

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1. satellitenoun

   Synonyms:
   moon, secondary planet

2. satellitenoun

   Synonyms:
   attendant, follower, dependant, retainer, vassal

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1. List of paraphrases for "satellite":

   satellites, satellite-based, weixing, space, qamar, moon, comoros

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1. Virgin Galactic:

   Air launch enables us to provide rapid, responsive service to our satellite customers on a schedule set by their business and operational needs, rather than the constraints of national launch ranges, selecting the 747 airframe provides a dedicated platform that gives us the capacity to substantially increase our payload to orbit without increasing our prices.

2. Mohamed Yousef:

   People watch satellite channels and look on the internet and that has changed the culture and given new courage to women in the past few years to pick up boxing gloves, the Sudan Boxing Federation asked us put more emphasis on girls to encourage them to continue in the sport.

3. Frank Kendall:

   We have been doing some things to try to address the problem. This is a serious problem for the country. It is not just missiles it is other things such as electronic warfare capability, anti-satellite capability – a number of things which I think that are being developed very consciously to defeat the American way of projecting power. We need to respond to that.

4. Ruben Santamarta:

   I discovered a backdoor that allowed me to gain privileged access to the Satellite Data Unit, the most important piece of SATCOM (Satellite communications) equipment on aircraft, these vulnerabilities allowed unauthenticated users to hack into the SATCOM equipment when it is accessible through WiFi or In-Flight entertainment networks.

5. Michael Fradley:

   This is in sharp contrast to the steep rise in visible looting pits that have been recorded from satellite images in countries such as Syria and Iraq during recent conflict periods, and countries with widespread looting issues such as Egypt.