Synonyms for earth
ɜrθearth

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1. Earthnoun

   To connect electrically to the earth.

   That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.

   Synonyms:
   ground

2. earthnoun

   Any general rock-based material.

   She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

   Synonyms:
   Sol III, globe, world, Terra

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 6 votes

1. Earth, earth, world, globenoun

   the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

   "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"

   Synonyms:
   reality, world, humankind, ground, public, human race, earthly concern, man, cosmos, globe, creation, macrocosm, solid ground, universe, dry land, worldly concern, land, populace, humanity, human beings, mankind, existence, orb, humans, ball, terra firma, domain

2. earth, groundnoun

   the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

   "they dug into the earth outside the church"

   Synonyms:
   world, ground, primer, earthly concern, terra firma, globe, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, worldly concern, footing, land, reason, soil, background, priming, priming coat, primer coat, flat coat

3. land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firmanoun

   the solid part of the earth's surface

   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

   Synonyms:
   primer, land, background, body politic, soil, commonwealth, terra firma, estate, dry land, reason, country, basis, farming, res publica, acres, solid ground, state, demesne, ground, globe, undercoat, priming, kingdom, footing, world, realm, landed estate, priming coat, nation, domain, flat coat, worldly concern, primer coat, earthly concern

4. Earth, earthnoun

   the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)

   "it was hell on earth"

   Synonyms:
   earthly concern, dry land, terra firma, globe, world, worldly concern, solid ground, land, ground

5. earthnoun

   once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

   Synonyms:
   earthly concern, dry land, terra firma, globe, world, worldly concern, solid ground, land, ground

6. worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earthnoun

   the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

   "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

   Synonyms:
   reality, world, humankind, ground, public, human race, earthly concern, man, cosmos, globe, creation, macrocosm, solid ground, universe, dry land, worldly concern, land, populace, humanity, human beings, mankind, existence, humans, terra firma, domain

7. ground, earthverb

   a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

   Synonyms:
   world, ground, primer, earthly concern, terra firma, globe, worldly concern, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, reason, soil, background, priming, priming coat, flat coat

8. earthverb

   hide in the earth like a hunted animal

9. earthverb

   connect to the earth

   "earth the circuit"

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   world, globe

2. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod

3. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   of low birth, of mean extraction

4. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   earthly, low, mean, base, abject, grovelling, earth-bred

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   world, terra firma, globe, land, soil, ground, world

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "earth":

   land, terre, ground, planet, terra, terrestrial, soil, tierra, dirt, globe, world, lands, shore, onshore, territory, iand

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1. List of known nicknames for "Earth":

   Andreas Karsten Pfeiffer

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EARTH

   Synonyms:
   Endothelin A Receptor Antagonist Trial in Heart Failure

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1. Edward Young:

   We don't see any difference between the Earth's and the moon's oxygen isotopes; they're indistinguishable.

2. Jamela Dunbar:

   We live and breathe, aware, or unaware this is what we do. The breath that we breathe in and out is our one source of life. To live and function as a human being. Breathing to live, and living to breathe is our sole lifeline until our last breath. We should take nothing for granted. And appreciate every breath we breathe in and out to live on Mother Earth.”

3. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address:

   ...and that this country shall have a new birth of freedom, and that this government, of the people, for the people, by the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

4. The WWF report:

   The EU uses up almost 20 percent of the Earth's bio-capacity although it comprises only 7 percent of the world population, in other words, 2.8 planets would be needed if everyone consumed at the rate of the average EU resident. This is well above the world average which is approximately 1.7 planets.

5. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Everyone in heaven cried and stood up when the late Michael Jackson released the Earth Song.