aerial C1 Topic:House & Home US /ˈɛɹiəl/ UK /ˈɛəɹɪəl/ See IPA manual Freq #11814 Meanings 1 adj existing or living or growing or operating in the air Aerial roots of a philodendron. Thesaurus Synonyms atmospherical ↔ Opposites subaquaticsubaqueoussubseasubterranean Word family Forms aeriallyaerials Derived forms aerialismaerialistaerialityaeriallyaerialnessavigationcaballerialnonaerialpseudoaerialsquarialsubaerialvarial Related forms aerobatics Common collocations aerial photograph Adjective + noun aerial photography Adjective + noun Etymology From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial. ἀέριος Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aerial **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɛɹiəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛəɹɪəl/ **Frequency rank:** 11814 ## Meanings 1. existing or living or growing or operating in the air ## Examples - Aerial roots of a philodendron. ## Synonyms - atmospherical ## Antonyms - subaquatic - subaqueous - subsea - subterranean ## Derived Forms - aerialism - aerialist - aeriality - aerially - aerialness - avigation - caballerial - nonaerial - pseudoaerial - squarial - subaerial - varial ## Related Forms - aerobatics ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ἀέριος ## Etymology From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial. ## Topics - House & Home - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown