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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Be sure to crouch low and appreciate the Stormtrooper’s mundane white boots.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The opening slate features a full 16 games with plenty of questions left unanswered after a pretty mundane preseason schedule.

— Renee Miller, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of mundane

Adjective

Curiously, cobalt was linked with a small rise in amyloid-beta proteins in the inferior temporal cortex.

— Mike McRae August 31, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
The happy faces lit up their temporal cortex and caudate nucleus, which are parts of the brain associated with higher cognitive and reward processing.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of temporal

Adjective

After the 2005 Ashes, when the popularity of the game in the United Kingdom was at its peak, the rights shifted from terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 to Sky’s subscription service, thus putting it out of reach for millions of people.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Bioconcentration, by contrast, is a more specific process that refers exclusively to the uptake of contaminants through non-dietary pathways, primarily via respiration (from water in aquatic organisms and from air in terrestrial organisms).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of terrestrial

Adjective

These digital wallets have also started to link to credit cards and are becoming a more common way to pay than with physical cards.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
These players were arguably Tottenham’s most dominant physical profiles and headers of the ball last term.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 Sep. 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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