orbit

orbit is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
2. noun. An orb or ball.
3. noun. The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
4. noun. The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
5. noun. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

   "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"

   "the ambit of municipal legislation"

   Synonyms: ambit, compass, range, reach, scope

6. noun. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
7. noun. the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

   "he plotted the orbit of the moon"

8. noun. the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
9. noun. a particular environment or walk of life

   "his social sphere is limited"

   "it was a closed area of employment"

   Synonyms: area, arena, domain, field, sphere

10. verb. move in an orbit

    "The moon orbits around the Earth"

    "The planets are orbiting the sun"

    Synonyms: orb, revolve

Synonyms

ambit, compass, range, reach, scope, area, arena, domain, field, sphere, orb, revolve

Common word forms

orbits, orbital, orbited, orbiter, orbiting

Words from these letters

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