Meanings
comparative more ballistic · superlative most ballistic
- not comparableOf or relating to ballistics.
- comparableOf or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.
2026 May 24, Jennifer Rankin, “Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 May 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
- Ancient Greekβαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)
- Classical Latinballista
- New Latinballisticu
- Englishballistic
Learned borrowing from New Latin ballisticus, from Classical Latin ballista (“ballista, a military siege engine for throwing stones”) + -icus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, ballista + -ic.
More words from New Latin, Classical Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَالِسْتِيّ
- بَالِسْتِيّ (bālistiyy)relating to ballistics
Bulgarian балисти́чен
- балисти́чен (balistíčen)relating to ballistics
Catalan balístic
- balísticrelating to ballistics
Chinese Mandarin 彈道的 /弹道的
- 彈道的 /弹道的 (dàndào de)relating to ballistics
Czech balistický
- balistickýrelating to ballistics
Danish ballistisk
- ballistiskrelating to ballistics
Dutch ballistisch
- ballistischrelating to ballistics
Esperanto balistika
- balistikarelating to ballistics
Estonian ballistiline
- ballistilinerelating to ballistics
Finnish ballistinen
- ballistinenrelating to ballistics
French balistique
- balistiquerelating to ballistics
German ballistisch
- ballistischrelating to ballistics
Irish balaistíoch
- balaistíochrelating to ballistics
Italian balistico
- balisticorelating to ballistics
Japanese 弾道の
- 弾道のrelating to ballistics
Korean 탄도의
- 탄도의 (tando-ui)relating to ballistics
Latvian ballistisks
- ballistisksrelating to ballistics
Lithuanian balistinis
- balistinisrelating to ballistics
Norwegian Bokmål ballistisk
- ballistiskrelating to ballistics
Polish balistyczny
- balistycznyrelating to ballistics
Portuguese balístico
- balísticorelating to ballistics
Romanian balistic
- balisticrelating to ballistics
Russian баллисти́ческий
- баллисти́ческий (ballistíčeskij)relating to ballistics
Slovak balistický
- balistickýrelating to ballistics
Spanish balístico
- balísticorelating to ballistics
Swedish ballistisk
- ballistiskrelating to ballistics
Ukrainian балісти́чний
- балісти́чний (balistýčnyj)relating to ballistics
Welsh balistig
- balistigrelating to ballistics
Yiddish באַליסטיש
- באַליסטיש (balistish)relating to ballistics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ballistic
Cite this entry
ballistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballistic
“ballistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballistic.
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