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terrestrial

/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/adjective4 syllables

Terrestrial means: concerned with the world or worldly matters.

Synonyms for terrestrial19

adjective, as in concerned with the world or worldly matters

mundane, worldly, secular, temporal

adjective, as in of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

tellurian, telluric, terrene

adjective, as in of this earth

sublunar, sublunary, earthly

adjective, as in operating or living or growing on land

onshore, overland

adjective, as in of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

planetary

also used for terrestrial

land, landbased, landly, Terran, rocky, metallic

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Opposites of terrestrial

amphibious, aquatic

What does terrestrial mean?5

adjective

1

concerned with the world or worldly matters“mundane affairs”

2

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

3

of this earth“transcendental motives for sublunary actions”

4

operating or living or growing on land

5

of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants“planetary rumblings and eructations”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with terrestrial?1

6 syllables

extraterrestrial
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Terrestrial in a sentence

  • The earth, because of its shape, is called the terrestrial globe.carlosalberto
  • It has to be an alien, since no terrestrial creature looks like that.frpzzd
  • Pigeons can use the terrestrial magnetic field to find their way home.astyng
  • Giraffes are the tallest terrestrial animals on earth.Amastan
  • My uncle is a geophysicist; he studies terrestrial structure, such as physical interactions applied to it.espamatics
  • The terrestrial world is only full of life because of its earliest explorers, the fungi.rul
  • Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals.carlosalberto
  • White-lipped peccaries used to be the dominant terrestrial mammals in South American rainforests.Cangarejo

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