earthborn

adjective

ˈərth-ˌbȯrn How to pronounce earthborn (audio)
Definition of earthbornnext
1
as in terrestrial
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven turned away from earthborn concerns during the High Holidays

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2
as in human
relating to or characteristic of human beings he claims to be above such earthborn concerns as material comfort

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthborn
  1. terrestrial
  2. human
  3. temporal
  4. mundane
  5. animal
  6. earthly
  7. physical
  8. earthbound
Adjective
  • Future markets identified in the prospectus also include energy production on Mars, space tourism, and point-to-point terrestrial travel.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But terrestrial eruptions make up only a fraction of Earth’s volcanic activity.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
Definition of terrestrial
Adjective
  • The piece urges critical inquiry into such claims, emphasizing that human oversight, not AI's inherent deviousness, can be a sizable contributor.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The metrics that would reveal the human cost have not been built yet.
    — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of human
Adjective
  • Her research explores questions about the nature of the self, decision-making, temporal experience, philosophical methodology, causation, causal experience, time and time’s arrow, perception, mereology, constitution, and essence.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Dubrow also wants people to know temporal hollowing can be avoided altogether by losing weight gradually.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of temporal
Adjective
  • Ordinary concerns like money do intrude on occasion, pitting working-class locals against wealthy tourists, but not to the point that the gang is beholden to anything so mundane as a set work schedule.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.
    — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of mundane
Adjective
  • Vegetable Oils Vegetable and seed oils are some of the richest non-animal dietary sources of CoQ10.
    — Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 16 July 2026
  • Computer models and other non-animal testing methods still aren’t the best available science, critics contend.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Definition of animal
Adjective
  • Terry’s earthly life may have ended, but his dream does not have to.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But Roosevelt continued to press for progressive tax reform even after Long departed from the political (and earthly) stage.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of earthly
Adjective
  • Divers rotate every 20 minutes to reduce fatigue and the physical demands of wearing nearly 100 pounds of equipment.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The question is whether the cultural infrastructure will follow the physical one fast enough.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of physical
Adjective
  • Wall Street banks have high hopes for SpaceX but at the moment shares of Elon Musk's rocket market appear to be earthbound.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Big dreams have a tendency to shape-shift when they are transformed into earthbound finite reality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
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