sublunary

sub·lu·na·ry

adjective \ˌsəb-ˈlü-nə-rē, ˈsəb-lu̇-ˌner-ē\

Definition of SUBLUNARY

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the terrestrial world <dull sublunary lovers — John Donne>

Variants of SUBLUNARY

sub·lu·na·ry also sub·lu·nar \ˌsəb-ˈlü-nər also -ˌnär\

Examples of SUBLUNARY

1. <like all sublunary things, this misery will one day end>

Origin of SUBLUNARY

modification of Late Latin sublunaris, from Latin sub- + luna moon — more at lunar

First Known Use: 1592

Related to SUBLUNARY

Synonyms

carnal, earthborn, earthbound, fleshly, material, mundane, earthly, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly

Antonyms

heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly

Related Words

animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, physical; daily, diurnal; unspiritual; anthropic (or anthropical), anthropocentric

Near Antonyms

celestial, Elysian, empyreal, empyrean, supernal; metaphysical; devotional, divine, religious, sacred, spiritual, utopian; extraterrestrial; ethereal, supernatural, transcendent, transcendental

Rhymes with SUBLUNARY

actuary, adversary, airy-fairy, ancillary, antiquary, apiary, arbitrary, aviary, axillary, bacillary, beriberi, bestiary, biliary, black raspberry, Bloody Mary, boysenberry, breviary, budgetary, calamari, calamary, candleberry, Canterbury, capillary, carpellary, cassowary, catenary, cautionary, cavitary, cemetery, centenary, certiorari, checkerberry, chinaberry, cometary, commentary, commissary, condottiere, coralberry, corollary, coronary, culinary, customary, dictionary, dietary, dignitary, dromedary, dysentery, elderberry, emissary, estuary, farkleberry, February, formulary, fragmentary, fritillary, functionary, funerary, honorary, huckleberry, intermarry, janissary, January, lamasery, lapidary, lectionary, legendary, legionary, lingonberry, literary, loganberry, luminary, mammillary, mandatary, maxillary, medullary, mercenary, miliary, military, millenary, milliary, millinery, missionary, momentary, monastery, mortuary, necessary, ordinary, ossuary, partridgeberry, pensionary, pigmentary, planetary, Pondicherry, prebendary, presbytery, pulmonary, quaternary, red mulberry, reliquary, rowanberry, salivary, salmonberry, salutary, sanctuary, sanguinary, sanitary, secondary, secretary, sedentary, seminary, silverberry, solitary, sour cherry, stationary, stationery, statuary, subcontrary, sugarberry, sumptuary, syllabary, temporary, tertiary, thimbleberry, Tipperary, Tom and Jerry, topiary, tributary, tutelary, Typhoid Mary, unitary, urinary, vestiary, Virgin Mary, visionary, voluntary, vulnerary, Waterbury, whortleberry, winterberry