terrestrial C1 Topic:Nature & Landscape 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 earthlyplanetaryrockytelluriantelluricterranterrene ↔ Opposites aerialalienaquaticarborealcelestialepiphyticextraterrestrialspiritual Word family Derived forms aeroterrestrialcircumterrestrialeuterrestrialextraterrestrialfluvioterrestrialhyperterrestrialintraterrestrialjuxtaterrestriallimnoterrestrialnonterrestrialpreterrestrialsemiterrestrial Common collocations terrestrial planet Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al. Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Nature & Landscape markdown