EARTHBOUND Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

earthbound

adjective

ˈərth-ˌbau̇nd

Definition of earthbound

as in mundane

having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven we have too many earthbound worries to speculate on the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin

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Recent Examples of earthbound Both Anduril and Isomorphic are deeply technical companies that have risen at a time when advances in AI have not only rendered the impossible possible, but made moonshots seem earthbound. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 13 May 2026 Read More Williams’s comedy is rooted in a pithy, earthbound philosophy. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Even the runways were earthbound, with moss bearing the strutting weight of models at Hermès and Miu Miu—the latter of which had someone assigned to patching the areas guests stepped on. — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026 If the demand for AI continues to grow, earthbound data centers—and power supplies—may not be able to keep up. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for earthbound

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Adjective

Of course, this magazine has a long tradition of engaging with mundane topics—pinball machines, pencil sharpeners, sand—in surprisingly affecting ways.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
In much of literary fiction, characters and settings are developed slowly, through the gradual accrual of discrete moments that rarely stray from the mundane and the reasonable.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of mundane

Adjective

Research shows that drops in hormones actually shrink the volume of gray matter in a woman’s hippocampus and frontal and temporal cortices, which are key for memory and executive function.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
An autopsy report obtained by Entertainment Weekly states that multiple bilateral temporal calvarial fractures and a brain injury were also revealed.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026

Definition of temporal

Adjective

Interlune minimizes the immense risk of launching unproven space hardware by first demonstrating the technology inside terrestrial liquefaction plants.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
The network is proliferated, with thousands of satellites interconnected using laser communications links and numerous ground stations to connect the constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) with the terrestrial Internet.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

Definition of terrestrial

Adjective

Conjuring fantasies is one of humanity’s most ancient arts — a sacred creative practice — but without earthly rooting, the symphony is incomplete.

— Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
The actual viewing success will depend more on earthly considerations, however, including cloud cover and the extent of light pollution.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of earthly

Adjective

Some in anthropology take this further, describing houses and homes as social and symbolic spaces rather than merely physical structures.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
This was a different era, when most teams at that level would have played direct, physical football.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of physical

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

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