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Asteroid

🔄 Synonyms of "Asteroid"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
angularnoun	Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
planetoidnoun	(astronomy) Any planetary body, including classical planets and moons: a planetary-mass object
angulateverb	Shaped with corners or angles.
minor planetnoun	(astronomy) An astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is not a planet or a comet.
star-shaped	Alternative form of starshaped. [Having the shape of a [stylized or symbolic] star (with radiating points).]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Asteroid"

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Word	Definition
angulateverb	Shaped with corners or angles.
angularnoun	Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
minor planetnoun	(astronomy) An astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is not a planet or a comet.
planetoidnoun	(astronomy) Any planetary body, including classical planets and moons: a planetary-mass object
star-shaped	Alternative form of starshaped. [Having the shape of a [stylized or symbolic] star (with radiating points).]
hyalitisnoun	Inflammation of the hyaloid membrane.
meteornoun	A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star.
planetnoun	(astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
ceresnoun	(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
vestanoun	(Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
icarusnoun	(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea.
exoasteroidnoun	(astronomy) An asteroid outside the Solar System.
neoasteroidnoun	An asteroid that is a near-Earth object
asteritenoun	(science fiction, demonym) An inhabitant of an asteroid.
apollonoun	A very handsome young man.
primary planetnoun	(astronomy, obsolete, archaic) A planet; a natural satellite of a sun.
terrestrial planetnoun	Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant.
arietidnoun	A meteor forming part of a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation Aries.
extraterrestrialnoun	A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.
apoareonnoun	(planetology) Alternative form of apoareion. [(astronomy) Apoapsis around Mars.]