earthbound

Questions about earthbound

What does earthbound mean?

earthbound means "confined to the earth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in earthbound?

earthbound has 2 syllables: earth-bound. The stress falls on "earth". In IPA it is /ˈɝθˌbaʊnd/.

What is another word for earthbound?

Close synonyms include pedestrian, prosaic, prosy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is earthbound a common word?

earthbound is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with earthbound?

13 words rhyme with earthbound. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.