Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.2. (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. 4. (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents. 5. (a.) Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope. 6. (n.) An inhabitant of the earth. 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 |