Terrestrial

Noun

 * 1) An inhabitant of the planet Earth.
 * 2)  A ground-dwelling plant.

Synonyms

 * earthling, Earthman/Earthwoman, tellurian, Terran

Adjective

 * Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants.
 * Of, relating to, or composed of land.
 * 1) Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
 * a terrestrial plant
 * 1) Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
 * 2)  Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.

Synonyms

 * planetary
 * tellurian, telluric, Terran, terrene
 * land
 * earthly, mundane, sublunary, worldly

Antonyms

 * aerial, aquatic, arboreal, epiphytic
 * aerial
 * celestial, spiritual

Derived terms

 * extraterrestrial
 * subterrestrial
 * superterrestrial


 * supraterrestrial
 * terrestrial albedo
 * terrestrially


 * terrestrial navigation
 * terrestrial planet
 * terrestrial telescope

Related terms

 * terra
 * terrace
 * terracotta


 * terrain
 * terrene
 * terrier


 * territorial
 * territory

Thesaurus
Cynthian, Philistine, anagalactic, asteroidal, astral, astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic, astrophysical, carnal, carnal-minded, celestial, circumplanetary, cislunar, earth, earthbound, earthling, earthly, earthy, empyreal, empyrean, equinoctial, extragalactic, fluvioterrestrial, galactic, geophilous, global, heavenly, heliacal, human, intercosmic, interplanetary, intersidereal, interstellar, lunar, lunary, lunate, lunular, lunulate, material, materialistic, meteoric, meteoritic, mortal, mundane, nebular, nebulose, nebulous, planetal, planetarian, planetary, planetesimal, profane, prosaic, secular, semilunar, sidereal, solar, sphery, star-spangled, star-studded, starry, stellar, stellary, subastral, sublunar, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terraqueous, terrene, unspiritual, uranic, worldly, zodiacal

Etymology
From terrestris: < terra:.

Adjective

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 * Romanian: terestru


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 * Hungarian: szárazföldi


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