Meanings
plural launchers
- One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.
They shot down the helicopter with a rocket launcher.
2 more examples
The catapult made a good launcher for the small projectile.
This actually occurs in perception of non-colliding Michotte displays: Even though there is a gap between the launcher stopping and the launchee starting, the launchee's motion appears to have been caused, at a distance, by the approach of the launcher […]
2015, H. Clark Barrett, The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve, page 110 - computingAn application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounarmament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Esperanto ĵetilo
- ĵetiloa device that throws something
Finnish laukaisin, heitin
- laukaisina device that throws something
- heitina device that throws something
French lanceur
- lanceurcomputing: an application that launches another or others
German Abschussgerät
- Abschussgeräta device that throws something
Greek προωθητής, εκτοξευτής
- προωθητής (proothitís)a device that throws something
- εκτοξευτής (ektoxeftís)a device that throws something
Hebrew לָאנְצֶ׳ר
- לָאנְצֶ׳ר (lántcher)computing: an application that launches another or others
Icelandic ræsiforrit
- ræsiforritcomputing: an application that launches another or others
Malay pelancar
- pelancara device that throws something
Polish wyrzutnia
- wyrzutniaa device that throws something
Portuguese lançador, iniciador
- lançadora device that throws something
- iniciadorcomputing: an application that launches another or others
- inicializadorcomputing: an application that launches another or others
Romanian lansator
- lansatora device that throws something
Russian гранатомёт
- гранатомёт (granatomjót)a device that throws something
Spanish iniciador
- iniciadorcomputing: an application that launches another or others
Ukrainian гранатоме́т
- гранатоме́т (hranatomét)a device that throws something
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Cite this entry
launcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launcher
“launcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launcher. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “launcher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launcher.
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