Meanings
noungastronaut (plural gastronauts)
plural gastronauts
- A person with a keen appreciation for food.
For confirmation, just think of the millions of people who, after watching Keith, were inspired to cook, eat, drink; to become a gastronaut and savour — truly relish — every morsel, every drop, every bloody bit of it!
2009, James Steen, "Epilogue", in Stirred But Not Shaken (by Keith Floyd), Pan Books (2010), page 353 - A person whose whole focus is narrowly directed to the enjoyment of fine food.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From gastro- + -naut, by analogy with astronaut.
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APA
gastronaut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastronaut
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastronaut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastronaut.
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