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Synonyms for TERRESTRIAL
təˈrɛs tri əlter·res·tri·al
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terrestrialnoun
terrestrialadjective
An inhabitant of the planet Earth.
Synonyms:
Earthman, planetary, landAdjective, tellurian, Terran, sublunary, earthly, worldly, mundane, telluric, Earthwoman, earthling, terreneterrestrialadjective
A ground-dwelling plant.
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earthly, sublunary, landAdjective, terrene, Terran, planetary, mundane, worldly, telluric, tellurianAntonyms:
aerialterrestrialadjective
Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
a terrestrial plant
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planetary, worldly, telluric, tellurian, earthly, terrene, Terran, sublunary, mundane, landAdjectiveterrestrialadjective
Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
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earthly, tellurian, sublunary, terrene, Terran, telluric, mundane, worldly, planetary, landAdjectiveterrestrialadjective
Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
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terrene, earthly, sublunary, Terran, worldly, mundane, landAdjective, tellurian, planetary, telluricterrestrialadjective
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terreneadjective
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
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mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluric, terrestrialAntonyms:
semiaquatic, marine, heavenly, underwater, subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, amphibious, aquatic, amphibiotic, submersed, unworldlyplanetary, terrestrialadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
"planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"
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wandering, sublunary, world(a), planetary, world-wide, global, tellurian, mundane, terrene, terrestrial, worldwide, erratic, telluric, sublunar, planetalAntonyms:
unworldly, aquatic, submersed, subaquatic, amphibiotic, semiaquatic, submerged, amphibious, heavenly, subaqueous, underwater, marineterrestrialadjective
operating or living or growing on land
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planetary, tellurian, sublunar, mundane, telluric, sublunary, terreneAntonyms:
semiaquatic, unworldly, subaquatic, submersed, amphibious, underwater, submerged, amphibiotic, subaqueous, aquatic, marine, heavenlymundane, terrestrialadjective
concerned with the world or worldly matters
"mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
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mundane, telluric, sublunary, sublunar, planetary, terrene, unremarkable, routine, terrestrial, quotidian, tellurian, workaday, everydayAntonyms:
marine, subaquatic, underwater, semiaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, aquatic, submersed, amphibious, amphibiotic, unworldly, heavenlysublunar, sublunary, terrestrialadjective
of this earth
"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
Synonyms:
mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluric, terrestrial, cislunarAntonyms:
subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, marine, heavenly, semiaquatic, aquatic, amphibiotic, unworldly, amphibious, submersed, underwater
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "terrestrial":
land, land-based, ground, ground-based, earth, onshore, overland, earthly, shore-based, earth-based, inland, on-land
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#773 | land | |
#857 | global | |
#1325 | worldwide | |
#1333 | earth | |
#1346 | ground | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#5269 | routine | |
#10017 | inland | |
#12183 | planetary | |
#13732 | terrestrial | |
#14063 | overland | |
#16012 | wandering | |
#22821 | earthly | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#24763 | worldly | |
#31949 | erratic | |
#33283 | onshore | |
#47720 | terran | |
#62954 | unremarkable | |
#99957 | earthling | |
#110840 | quotidian | |
#112012 | earthman | |
#160128 | workaday | |
#221064 | tellurian | |
#277843 | telluric |
How to use TERRESTRIAL in a sentence?
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.
There is clearly ongoing tension between the U.S. and Russia, in space but also on the ground. The Russian annexation of Crimea, its support for little green men in eastern Ukraine, its pressure on Georgia and the Baltic states, all indicate that its relations with the West will remain tense for the foreseeable future, space reflects terrestrial tensions, and it is likely that there will be further tests of new Russian weapons, as they would want to neutralize the American space advantage in any conflict.
We have directly witnessed the formation of so-called stardust, the dust expelled from cool evolved stars, such as the ejection we've just witnessed, could go on to become the building blocks of terrestrial planets and life.
Transcend the terrestrial, surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance
Only on Aldabra, which has the oldest palaeontological record of any oceanic island within the Indian Ocean region, is fossil evidence available that demonstrates the effects of changing sea levels on extinction and recolonization events, conditions were such on Aldabra, the most important being the absence of terrestrial predators and competing mammals, that a rail was able to evolve flightlessness independently on each occasion.
Translations for TERRESTRIAL
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- terrestreCatalan, Valencian
- suchozemskýCzech
- jordbaseredeDanish
- terrestrisch, irdisch, LandGerman
- γήινοςGreek
- teraEsperanto
- terrestreSpanish
- زمینیPersian
- maa, maanpäällinenFinnish
- terrestreFrench
- domhandaIrish
- लौकिकHindi
- szárazföldiHungarian
- terestrialIndonesian
- teralaIdo
- terrestreItalian
- 陸生Japanese
- ಭೂಮಂಡಲKannada
- terrestrium:Latin
- aardsDutch
- bakkenettNorwegian
- naziemny, nadziemny, ziemskiPolish
- térreo, terrestrePortuguese
- terestru, neacvaticRomanian
- наземный, сухопутный, земнойRussian
- markbundnaSwedish
- நிலப்பரப்புTamil
- زمینی جسموںUrdu
- 陆生Chinese
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