📖 Definitions of "Planetary"
noun
- 1
A planetary nebula.
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
- 2
Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
- 3
Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
- 4
(of a gear train) epicyclic
🔄 Synonyms of "Planetary"
9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| erraticnoun | Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent. |
| worldnoun | (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in. |
| unsettled | Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change. |
| wanderingnoun | Which wanders; travelling from place to place. |
| globalnoun | Concerning all parts of the world. |
| worldwide | Throughout the world. |
| planetal | Of or relating to planets; planetary. |
| internationalnoun | Of or having to do with more than one nation. |
| terrestrialnoun | Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Planetary"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| internationalnoun | Of or having to do with more than one nation. |
| worldwide | Throughout the world. |
| globalnoun | Concerning all parts of the world. |
| worldnoun | (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in. |
| terrestrialnoun | Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly. |
| wanderingnoun | Which wanders; travelling from place to place. |
| erraticnoun | Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent. |
| unsettled | Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change. |
| planetal | Of or relating to planets; planetary. |
| starnoun | Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense. |
| 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. |
| sunnoun | The star that is closest to the Earth. |
| cosmic | Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe. |
| planetariumnoun | A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling. |
| globenoun | The planet Earth. |
| sidenoun | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. |
| world-wide | Alternative form of worldwide. [Spanning the world; global.] |
| globalizedverb | (transitive) to make something global in scope, as: |
| planets | the third studio album by the American rock band Adema. |
| celestialnoun | Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars. |
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