Antonyms for Aquatic
əˈkwæt ɪk, əˈkwɒt-aquat·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. aquaticadjective

   a plant that lives in or on water

   Antonyms:
   overland, amphibiotic, amphibious, terrestrial, onshore, semiaquatic

2. aquaticadjective

   relating to or consisting of or being in water

   "an aquatic environment"

   Antonyms:
   onshore, overland, amphibious, semiaquatic, terrestrial, amphibiotic

3. aquaticadjective

   operating or living or growing in water

   "boats are aquatic vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are aquatic animals"

   Antonyms:
   amphibiotic, amphibious, terrestrial, onshore, semiaquatic, overland

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. land

   because it is solid

   Submitted by rinat on September 23, 2019  

How to use Aquatic in a sentence?

1. Douglas Noel Adams:

   If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

2. Carissa DeCramer:

   This is incredibly rare for Biscayne National Park, pythons are not aquatic animals. They can swim, which is why this python was able to make it to the platform. But they’re not regularly in open water. And they don't like salt water. RAVENOUS 14-FOOT PYTHON CAUGHT WITH 3 DEER IN ITS GUT Burmese pythons are a problematic, invasive species in Florida, and have been for years. Over 2,000 reportsof the pythons have been made in Miami-Dade County alone, and they’ve also been reported in numerous other Florida counties.

3. Andres Garchitorena:

   In Australia, it seems more to be a terrestrial transmission whereas in Africa, for example, the strain is very different and is mostly transmitted through aquatic ecosystems.

4. Allyson Jackson:

   Even though fish-eating terrestrial consumers are often exposed to high levels of mercury, they are usually not species eaten by humans – think of an osprey, kingfisher or bald eagle, the same is true for terrestrial consumers that rely on emergent aquatic insects – they are often not species consumed by humans such as spiders, songbirds and bats.

5. Allison LaPlante:

   Invasive species ruin aquatic communities and their ecosystems, the EPA appeared to the take the path of least resistance by adopting an existing international standard that is inadequate to prevent their colonization.

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