Synonyms for terrestrial
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Worldly — concerned with the world or worldly matters
worldly, temporal, secular, sublunary formal, carnal, profane
2. Telluric — being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust
3. Landbased — of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as…
Other
planetary, terrestrious dated, nonextraterrestrial rare
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as semiaquatic environs, or with aerial or space environs.
Near-synonyms: land (attributive), landbased, landly
- adj. 2
Being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust.
Near-synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene, Terran, rocky, metallic
- adj. 3
Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
Near-synonyms: worldly, sublunary
- n. 1
A ground-dwelling plant.
Related words
- Word family
- terrestrially
- Phrases
- terrestrial planet terrestrial branch terrestrial time
Forms
- Plural
- terrestrials → telluriums…
Example sentences
- temporal Our memories are stored in the temporal-lobe of the brain.
- earthly There is no earthly reason for me to dislike her.
- planetary What effects would planetary alignment have?
By length
- 5 letters
- rocky2
- 6 letters
- carnal2, earthy2, landly
- 7 letters
- secular3, mundane2, worldly2, earthly2, profane2, terrene
- 8 letters
- metallic3, temporal3, telluric, sublunar
- 9 letters
- planetary4, tellurium4, sublunary, landbased
- 12 letters
- terrestrious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rocky2 = 2 syllables).