terrestrial

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled terrestial

US /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ UK /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ See IPA manual

Freq #27875

Meanings

1

adj
operating or living or growing on land

The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
2

adj
of this earth

The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
3

adj
concerned with the world or worldly matters

The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · of this earth sublunarsublunary

3 adj · concerned with the world or... mundane

More earthly planetary rockytelluriantelluricterranterrene

Opposites

aerial alien aquatic arboreal celestial epiphyticextraterrestrialspiritual

Word family

Derived forms aeroterrestrialcircumterrestrialeuterrestrialextraterrestrialfluvioterrestrialhyperterrestrialintraterrestrialjuxtaterrestriallimnoterrestrialnonterrestrialpreterrestrialsemiterrestrial

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Phrases (1)

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terrestrial planet
a planet with a solid rocky surface like Earth's

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Terrestrial entered English in the late Middle Ages and is based on Latin terra, “earth.”

Etymology

From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.

Topics

Describing Qualities Astronomy & Space Word Formation & Derivatives

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# terrestrial

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
**IPA (UK):** /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
**Frequency rank:** 27875

## Meanings
1. operating or living or growing on land
2. of this earth
3. concerned with the world or worldly matters

## Examples
- The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
- The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
- The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.

## Synonyms
- earthly
- planetary
- rocky
- tellurian
- telluric
- terran
- terrene

## Antonyms
- aerial
- alien
- aquatic
- arboreal
- celestial
- epiphytic
- extraterrestrial
- spiritual

## Derived Forms
- aeroterrestrial
- circumterrestrial
- euterrestrial
- extraterrestrial
- fluvioterrestrial
- hyperterrestrial
- intraterrestrial
- juxtaterrestrial
- limnoterrestrial
- nonterrestrial
- preterrestrial
- semiterrestrial

## Etymology
From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Astronomy & Space
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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