English Explanatory Dictionary

terrestrial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ground-dwelling plant.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”).
adj
  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
  2. Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth.
  3. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, not holoepiphytic, etc.
  4. Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
  5. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
  6. Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
  7. Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
noun
  1. An inhabitant of the planet Earth.

Pronunciation

/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terrestrial.wav /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/ /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/

Word forms

terrestrial terrestrials

Etymology

From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.

Synonyms

earthly planetary tellurian telluric Terran terrene rocky land landly mundane sublunary worldly Earthling

Antonyms

aerial aquatic arboreal epiphytic celestial spiritual alien extraterrestrial

Related words

Terra

Derived words

aeroterrestrial circumterrestrial euterrestrial extraterrestrial fluvioterrestrial hyperterrestrial intraterrestrial juxtaterrestrial limnoterrestrial nonterrestrial preterrestrial semiterrestrial telestial terrestrial albedo terrestrial branch Terrestrial Dynamical Time terrestrial guenon terrestrialism terrestriality terrestrialization terrestrialize terrestrially terrestrial navigation terrestrialness terrestrial planet terrestrial telescope terrestrial time ultraterrestrial unterrestrial

Translations

Bulgarian: сухозе́мен Finnish: maa- Hindi: थलीय Hindi: स्थलीय Ido: terala Russian: земно́й Tagalog: dalatning
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