rocket scientist — rocket .scientist n 1.) it doesn t take a rocket scientist (to do sth) informal used humorously to emphasize that something is easy to do or understand ▪ It doesn t take a rocket scientist to work out that doubling productivity will improve… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rocket scientist — rocket scientists 1) N COUNT A rocket scientist is someone whose job is to design and develop spacecraft. 2) N COUNT: with brd neg If you say that it does not take a rocket scientist to do something, you mean that you do not have to be clever to… … English dictionary
Rocket scientist — Rock et sci en*tist, n. a very intelligent person; used mostly in the phrases: you don t have to be a rocket scientist to . . . and it doesn t take a rocket scientist to . . . , meaning that the subject that follows is easy to understand. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rocket scientist — n. Informal a scientist specializing in rocketry: now chiefly a figurative or ironic usage in negative constructions [it doesn t take a rocket scientist to figure this out] … English World dictionary
rocket scientist — ► NOUN informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ a very intelligent person … English terms dictionary
rocket scientist — noun 1. a clever thinker you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out • Hypernyms: ↑thinker 2. an engineer who builds and tests rockets • Syn: ↑rocket engineer • Hypernyms: ↑engineer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rocket scientist — An employee of an investment firm (often having a Ph.D. in physics or mathematics) that works on highly mathematic models of derivative pricing. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * rocket scientist ˈrocket ˌscientist noun [countable] informal… … Financial and business terms
rocket scientist — noun a) One specializing in the science or study of rockets and rocketry You dont have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea wont work. b) Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a … Wiktionary
rocket scientist — See: rocket science … English dictionary
rocket scientist — 1. a specialist in rocketry. 2. an exemplar of keen intelligence, esp. mathematical ability. * * * … Universalium
