Meanings
adjectivesupersonic (not comparable)
- not comparableGreater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
supersonic jet
3 more examples
supersonic movement
supersonic plane
supersonic speed
- colloquialnot comparableUltrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.
nounsupersonic (plural supersonics)
plural supersonics
- An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air)
adjectivehaving frequencies above those of audible sound
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian свръхзву́ков
- свръхзву́ков (svrăhzvúkov)greater than the speed of sound
Catalan supersònic
- supersònicgreater than the speed of sound
Chinese Mandarin 超音速
- 超音速 (chāoyīnsù)greater than the speed of sound
Czech nadzvukový, supersonický
- nadzvukovýgreater than the speed of sound
- supersonickýgreater than the speed of sound
Dutch supersonisch, supersoon
- supersonischgreater than the speed of sound
- supersoongreater than the speed of sound
Finnish ääntä nopeampi, yliääni-
- ääntä nopeampigreater than the speed of sound
- yliääni-greater than the speed of sound
- yliääninengreater than the speed of sound
- yliääninopeuksinengreater than the speed of sound
French supersonique
- supersoniquegreater than the speed of sound
German Überschall-, Überschallflugzeug
- Überschall-greater than the speed of sound
- Überschallflugzeugaircraft that can travel at the speed of sound
Greek υπερηχητικός
- υπερηχητικός (yperichitikós)greater than the speed of sound
Hindi पराध्वनिक
- पराध्वनिक (parādhvanik)greater than the speed of sound
Hungarian szuperszonikus
- szuperszonikusgreater than the speed of sound
Italian supersonico
- supersonicogreater than the speed of sound
Japanese 超音速
- 超音速 (chōonsoku)greater than the speed of sound
Korean 초음파의, 초음속의
- 초음파의 (cho'eumpaui)greater than the speed of sound
- 초음속의 (cho'eumsogui)greater than the speed of sound
Lithuanian viršgarsinis
- viršgarsinisgreater than the speed of sound
Norwegian Bokmål supersonisk
- supersoniskgreater than the speed of sound
Polish naddźwiękowy, samolot naddźwiękowy
- naddźwiękowygreater than the speed of sound
- samolot naddźwiękowyaircraft that can travel at the speed of sound
Portuguese supersónico, supersônico
- supersónicogreater than the speed of sound
- supersônicogreater than the speed of sound
Romanian supersonic
- supersonicgreater than the speed of sound
Russian сверхзвуково́й
- сверхзвуково́й (sverxzvukovój)greater than the speed of sound
Slovak nadzvukový
- nadzvukovýgreater than the speed of sound
Spanish supersónico
- supersónicogreater than the speed of sound
Swedish överljuds-, supersonisk
- överljuds-greater than the speed of sound
- supersoniskgreater than the speed of sound
- överljudsplanaircraft that can travel at the speed of sound
Tagalog hignugin
- hignugingreater than the speed of sound
Turkish süpersonik
- süpersonikgreater than the speed of sound
Ukrainian надзвукови́й
- надзвукови́й (nadzvukovýj)greater than the speed of sound
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with supersonic
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Cite this entry
APA
supersonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersonic
MLA
“supersonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supersonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersonic.
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