TERRESTRIAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does terrestrial mean?
• TERRESTRIAL (adjective)
The adjective TERRESTRIAL has 5 senses:
1. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
3. operating or living or growing on land
4. concerned with the world or worldly matters
5. of this earth
Familiarity information: TERRESTRIAL used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• TERRESTRIAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
tellurian; terrene; terrestrial; telluric
Pertainym:
earth (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
terrestrial; planetary
Context examples:
planetary rumblings and eructations / the planetary tilt / this terrestrial ball
Pertainym:
Earth (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)
Meaning:
Operating or living or growing on land
Antonym:
amphibious (operating or living on land and in water)
aquatic (operating or living or growing in water)
Meaning:
Concerned with the world or worldly matters
Synonyms:
mundane; terrestrial
Context examples:
mundane affairs / he developed an immense terrestrial practicality
Similar:
worldly (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world)
Meaning:
Of this earth
Synonyms:
sublunar; sublunary; terrestrial
Context examples:
transcendental motives for sublunary actions / fleeting sublunary pleasures / the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball
Similar:
earthly (of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven)
