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View synonyms for rocket science

rocket science

noun

  1. something requiring great intelligence, especially mathematical ability.


rocket science

noun

  1. informal.
    an activity requiring considerable intelligence and ability (esp in the phrase not exactly rocket science )


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Derived Forms

  • rocket scientist, noun

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Example Sentences

If your WiFi is on the fritz, a manual interface that doesn’t take rocket science to use will keep your house comfortable.

It’s not like total rocket science, and it’s becoming easier and easier.

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As part of the training for these programs, recruits had to take classes on literal rocket science and spacecraft engineering.

Yet, Florida has failed to figure out how to run an election properly — a task simpler than rocket science.

While others might have had their nose in The Hardy Boys, LeCun was picking up books on evolution, astronomy, and rocket science.

But although executing on nuclear strategy is rocket science, formulating it is not.

It's not like this is rocket science, but it is good marketing.

You can flavor meats in so many different ways and, from a technique point of view, it is absolutely not rocket science.

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