101 Science Fiction Vocabulary Words List (For Writing a Sci-fi story)

Science fiction storytelling is all about stretching the limits of our imagination of the future as the genre explores speculative or futuristic concepts where science fiction vocabulary words & terms contribute to giving a name to extraordinary ideas.

The science fiction genre has a unique language of its own which is made of specialized words and terms that present human’s imaginative creativity for the distant future and the sci-fi vocabulary significantly helps the writer to build that immersive futuristic world.

List of 101 Sci-fi Vocabulary Words & Terms-

The below list of sci-fi words will also help you to brainstorm a science fiction story idea as reading this compilation of words and terms will broaden your knowledge and understanding of the different elements in the genre.

1. Artificial Intelligence (A.I)

2. Anti-gravity

3. Apocalypse

4. Alien

5. Alien symbiosis

6. Alternate reality

7. Alternate timeline

8. Android

9. Asteroid

10. Bionic

11. Black holes

12. Blaster

13. Biohazard

14. Beam

15. Celestial

15. Credits

17. Cryosleep

18. Creatures

19. Clones

20. Cosmos

21. Cybernetics

22. Cyborg

23. Cyber

24. Cyberspace

25. Domed city

26. Data breach

27. Deep space

28. Dimension

29. Dystopia

30. Extraterrestrial (ET)

31. Earthborn

32. Earthian

33. Earthling

34. Earthlike

35. Energy shield

36. Exoplanet

37. Exploration

38. Force field

39. Futuristic

40. Gravity

41. Galactic

42. Galaxy

43. Hive mind

44. Humanoid

45. Hologram

46. Hyperspace

47. Hyperdrive

48. Interplanetary

49. Interdimensional being

50. Intelligent life

51. Interstellar

52. Interstellar war

53. Intergalactic

54. Laser

55. Life-form

56. Martian

57. Meteorite

58. Memory implant

59. Mind link

60. Moonbase

61. Mind control

62. Mutants

63. Multiverse 

64. Nebula

65. Orbit

66. Outer space

67. Portal

68. Pod

69. Planet

70. Planetary defense

71. Parallel universe

72. Post-apocalyptic

73. Quantum technology

74. Rocket

75. Robots

76. Singularity

77. Space probe

78. Sentient

79. Simulation

80. Space colonization

81. Space-time

82. Space-time manipulation

83. Spaceship

84. Starship

85. Stealth technology

86. Superhuman

87. Teleportation

88. Time dilation

89. Telepathy

90. Terraforming

91. Timeline

92. Time paradox

93. Time warp

94. Time travel

95. Time loop

96. Time machine

97. UFO

98. Utopia

99. Virus

100. Wormhole

101. Zero-gravity