Synonyms of earthbound

earthbound

adjective

ˈərth-ˌbau̇nd 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mundane
• temporal
• terrestrial
• earthly
• physical
• animal
• worldly
• sublunary
• bodily
• corporeal
• carnal
• terrene
• fleshly
• earthborn
• daily
• corporal
• material
• diurnal
• anthropocentric
• unspiritual
• anthropic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• celestial
• heavenly
• unearthly
• metaphysical
• spiritual
• supernal
• unworldly
• religious
• divine
• sacred
• utopian
• nontemporal
• empyrean
• devotional
• ethereal
• transcendent
• empyreal
• transcendental
• supernatural
• extraterrestrial
• otherworldly
• Elysian
• unearthly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of earthbound

Superhero movies, once a Teflon genre, have become worryingly earthbound at the box office. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 May 2026

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