terrestrial

/tɚˈɛstɹiəl/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants- L.C.Eiseley
   “planetary rumblings and eructations”
3. operating or living or growing on land
4. concerned with the world or worldly matters
   “mundane affairs”
5. of this earth
   “transcendental motives for sublunary actions”

Synonyms for terrestrial

• tellurian
• telluric
• terrene
• planetary
• onshore
• overland
• mundane
• worldly
• sublunar
• sublunary
• earthly

Antonyms of terrestrial

• amphibious
• aquatic

Words that rhyme with terrestrial

• extraterrestrial