Dictionary Entry
terrestrial
terrestrial is a 11-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
- 2adjective
Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
- 3adjective
Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
- 4adjective
Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
- 5adjective
Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
- 6noun
An inhabitant of the earth.
- 7adjective
operating or living or growing on land
- 8adjective
of this earth
"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
"fleeting sublunary pleasures"
- 9adjective
concerned with the world or worldly matters
"mundane affairs"
"he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants- L.C.Eiseley
"planetary rumblings and eructations"
"the planetary tilt"
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- 11adjective
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
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