Synonyms for terrestrial
təˈrɛs tri əlter·res·tri·al

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1. terrestrialnoun

   Synonyms:
   telluric, Terran, tellurian, planetary, terrene

2. terrestrialadjective

   An inhabitant of the planet Earth.

   Synonyms:
   Earthman, planetary, landAdjective, tellurian, Terran, sublunary, earthly, worldly, mundane, telluric, Earthwoman, earthling, terrene

3. terrestrialadjective

   A ground-dwelling plant.

   Synonyms:
   earthly, sublunary, landAdjective, terrene, Terran, planetary, mundane, worldly, telluric, tellurian

   Antonyms:
   aerial

4. terrestrialadjective

   Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.

   a terrestrial plant

   Synonyms:
   planetary, worldly, telluric, tellurian, earthly, terrene, Terran, sublunary, mundane, landAdjective

5. terrestrialadjective

   Concerned with the world or worldly matters.

   Synonyms:
   earthly, tellurian, sublunary, terrene, Terran, telluric, mundane, worldly, planetary, landAdjective

   Antonyms:
   spiritual, celestial

6. terrestrialadjective

   Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.

   Synonyms:
   terrene, earthly, sublunary, Terran, worldly, mundane, landAdjective, tellurian, planetary, telluric

7. terrestrialadjective

   Antonyms:
   arboreal, aquatic, aerial, epiphytic

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1. terrestrial

   Synonyms:
   earthly, sublunary, worldly, mundane, terrene

   Antonyms:
   celestial, infernal, aquatic, aqueous

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1. tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terreneadjective

   of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

   Synonyms:
   mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluric

   Antonyms:
   semiaquatic, marine, heavenly, underwater, subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, amphibious, aquatic, amphibiotic, submersed, unworldly

2. planetary, 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"

   Synonyms:
   wandering, sublunary, world(a), planetary, world-wide, global, tellurian, mundane, terrene, worldwide, erratic, telluric, sublunar, planetal

   Antonyms:
   unworldly, aquatic, submersed, subaquatic, amphibiotic, semiaquatic, submerged, amphibious, heavenly, subaqueous, underwater, marine

3. terrestrialadjective

   operating or living or growing on land

   Synonyms:
   planetary, tellurian, sublunar, mundane, telluric, sublunary, terrene

   Antonyms:
   semiaquatic, unworldly, subaquatic, submersed, amphibious, underwater, submerged, amphibiotic, subaqueous, aquatic, marine, heavenly

4. mundane, terrestrialadjective

   concerned with the world or worldly matters

   "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

   Synonyms:
   mundane, telluric, sublunary, sublunar, planetary, terrene, unremarkable, routine, quotidian, tellurian, workaday, everyday

   Antonyms:
   marine, subaquatic, underwater, semiaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, aquatic, submersed, amphibious, amphibiotic, unworldly, heavenly

5. sublunar, 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, cislunar

   Antonyms:
   subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, marine, heavenly, semiaquatic, aquatic, amphibiotic, unworldly, amphibious, submersed, underwater

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1. terrestrialadjective

   Synonyms:
   earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene

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1. List of paraphrases for "terrestrial":

   land, land-based, ground, ground-based, earth, onshore, overland, earthly, shore-based, earth-based, inland, on-land

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1. 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.

2. George Nield:

   We do not have formal authority today to deal with what happens on orbit or on other planetary terrestrial bodies. That’s the issue that we’re wrestling with, what is being looked at right now is a Band-Aid fix because the system is broken.

3. Matt Mountain:

   On Earth, we can predict if it is going to rain pretty much anywhere in the world very accurately, and space weather just isn't there yet, our predictions lag behind terrestrial weather by 50 years, if not more. What we need is to grasp the underlying physics behind space weather, and this starts at the Sun, which is what The Inouye Solar Telescope will study over the next decades.

4. Ryan Zeigler:

   Terrestrial samples and lunar samples are very different, so the Artemis team has already taken that into account as they design their tools, they didn't start from scratch. They started with Apollo 17 and what worked really well and are moving forward from there toward Artemis.

5. Seton Hall Professor Lopez:

   Through the gained knowledge of physics, in particular the sub-field of Newtonian or classical mechanics, we're capable of making very accurate calculations of the exact times when solar eclipses will happen and the terrestrial locations of where total solar eclipses will occur, it impresses me immensely that [the] Universe has a repeating and cyclical nature that we've figured out.