Synonyms for terrestrial
təˈrɛs tri əlter·res·tri·al

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1. terrestrialnoun

   Synonyms:
   telluric, Terran, tellurian, planetary, terrene

2. terrestrialadjective

   An inhabitant of the planet Earth.

   Synonyms:
   Earthman, planetary, landAdjective, tellurian, Terran, sublunary, earthly, worldly, mundane, telluric, Earthwoman, earthling, terrene

3. terrestrialadjective

   A ground-dwelling plant.

   Synonyms:
   earthly, sublunary, landAdjective, terrene, Terran, planetary, mundane, worldly, telluric, tellurian

   Antonyms:
   aerial

4. terrestrialadjective

   Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.

   a terrestrial plant

   Synonyms:
   planetary, worldly, telluric, tellurian, earthly, terrene, Terran, sublunary, mundane, landAdjective

5. terrestrialadjective

   Concerned with the world or worldly matters.

   Synonyms:
   earthly, tellurian, sublunary, terrene, Terran, telluric, mundane, worldly, planetary, landAdjective

   Antonyms:
   spiritual, celestial

6. terrestrialadjective

   Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.

   Synonyms:
   terrene, earthly, sublunary, Terran, worldly, mundane, landAdjective, tellurian, planetary, telluric

7. terrestrialadjective

   Antonyms:
   arboreal, aquatic, aerial, epiphytic

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1. terrestrial

   Synonyms:
   earthly, sublunary, worldly, mundane, terrene

   Antonyms:
   celestial, infernal, aquatic, aqueous

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1. tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terreneadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluric

   Antonyms:
   semiaquatic, marine, heavenly, underwater, subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, amphibious, aquatic, amphibiotic, submersed, unworldly

2. planetary, terrestrialadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

   "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"

   Synonyms:
   wandering, sublunary, world(a), planetary, world-wide, global, tellurian, mundane, terrene, worldwide, erratic, telluric, sublunar, planetal

   Antonyms:
   unworldly, aquatic, submersed, subaquatic, amphibiotic, semiaquatic, submerged, amphibious, heavenly, subaqueous, underwater, marine

3. terrestrialadjective

   operating or living or growing on land

   Synonyms:
   planetary, tellurian, sublunar, mundane, telluric, sublunary, terrene

   Antonyms:
   semiaquatic, unworldly, subaquatic, submersed, amphibious, underwater, submerged, amphibiotic, subaqueous, aquatic, marine, heavenly

4. mundane, terrestrialadjective

   concerned with the world or worldly matters

   "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

   Synonyms:
   mundane, telluric, sublunary, sublunar, planetary, terrene, unremarkable, routine, quotidian, tellurian, workaday, everyday

   Antonyms:
   marine, subaquatic, underwater, semiaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, aquatic, submersed, amphibious, amphibiotic, unworldly, heavenly

5. sublunar, sublunary, terrestrialadjective

   of this earth

   "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"

   Synonyms:
   mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluric, cislunar

   Antonyms:
   subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, marine, heavenly, semiaquatic, aquatic, amphibiotic, unworldly, amphibious, submersed, underwater

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1. terrestrialadjective

   Synonyms:
   earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene

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1. List of paraphrases for "terrestrial":

   land, land-based, ground, ground-based, earth, onshore, overland, earthly, shore-based, earth-based, inland, on-land

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1. Seton Hall Professor Lopez:

   Through the gained knowledge of physics, in particular the sub-field of Newtonian or classical mechanics, we're capable of making very accurate calculations of the exact times when solar eclipses will happen and the terrestrial locations of where total solar eclipses will occur, it impresses me immensely that [the] Universe has a repeating and cyclical nature that we've figured out.

2. Miguel Montargès:

   We have directly witnessed the formation of so-called stardust, the dust expelled from cool evolved stars, such as the ejection we've just witnessed, could go on to become the building blocks of terrestrial planets and life.

3. Dean Cheng:

   There is clearly ongoing tension between the U.S. and Russia, in space but also on the ground. The Russian annexation of Crimea, its support for little green men in eastern Ukraine, its pressure on Georgia and the Baltic states, all indicate that its relations with the West will remain tense for the foreseeable future, space reflects terrestrial tensions, and it is likely that there will be further tests of new Russian weapons, as they would want to neutralize the American space advantage in any conflict.

4. Anthony Friscia:

   We see that same pattern in the fossil record of terrestrial carnivores, for instance, you see a' cat-like' predator arise many different times before you get the modern radiation of cats. This kind of repeated evolution of similar ecologies is the basis of so many studies of how evolution works in the long term.

5. Charlotte Cook:

   We are currently seeing an industry wide reduction in terrestrial AIS signals in China.