aerial

aerial is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents.
2. adjective. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
3. adjective. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
4. adjective. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.
5. adjective. Light as air; ethereal.
6. noun. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
7. noun. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

   Synonyms: antenna

8. adjective. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air- Thomas Carlyle

   "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"

   "aerial fancies"

   Synonyms: aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal

9. adjective. existing or living or growing or operating in the air

   "aerial roots of a philodendron"

   "aerial particles"

Synonyms

antenna, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in aerial:

aralie, realia

Common word forms

aerials, aerially, aeriality, aerialness

Words from these letters

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