skyrocket C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes Also spelled sky-rocket US /ˈskaɪrɑkɪt/ UK /ˈskaɪrɒkɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to rise rapidly and steeply Housing prices skyrocketed after the new factory opened. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to rise rapidly and steeply soarrocketsurgeescalatespikeshoot up ↔ Opposites plummetplungedropcrash Word family Related forms skyrocket Etymology AI details A compound of sky (from Old Norse sky 'cloud') and rocket (from Italian rocchetto 'bobbin', via French roquette), originally naming a firework that shoots upward. sky Middle English rocchetto Italian View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # skyrocket **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈskaɪrɑkɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈskaɪrɒkɪt/ ## Meanings 1. to rise rapidly and steeply ## Examples - Housing prices skyrocketed after the new factory opened. ## Synonyms - soar - rocket - surge - escalate - spike - shoot up ## Antonyms - plummet - plunge - drop - crash ## Related Forms - sky - rocket ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sky - Root: rocchetto ## Etymology A compound of sky (from Old Norse sky 'cloud') and rocket (from Italian rocchetto 'bobbin', via French roquette), originally naming a firework that shoots upward. ## AI Etymology Skyrocket is a compound of sky (from Old Norse sky 'cloud') and rocket (from Italian rocchetto 'bobbin', via French roquette), originally naming a firework that shoots upward. The historical chain includes Old Norse sky and Italian rocchetto. Older glosses in the chain include "cloud" and "bobbin", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, skyrocket is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb and noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb and noun, with the sense "to rise rapidly and steeply". related forms include sky and rocket. The result is an English verb and noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown