terrestrial

Questions about terrestrial

What does terrestrial mean?

terrestrial means "of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in terrestrial?

terrestrial has 4 syllables: ter-res-tri-al. The stress falls on "res". In IPA it is /tɚˈɛstɹiəl/.

What is another word for terrestrial?

Close synonyms include tellurian, telluric, terrene, planetary, mundane. 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.

What is the opposite of terrestrial?

The recorded antonyms are amphibious, aquatic.

Is terrestrial a common word?

terrestrial 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 terrestrial?

1 word rhymes with terrestrial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.