Synonyms of orbiting

orbiting

verb

present participle of orbit

as in circling

to travel completely around

the moon orbits the Earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circling
• traversing
• encircling
• crossing
• ringing
• circuiting
• circumventing
• rounding
• circumnavigating
• girdling
• compassing
• circumambulating
• perambulating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of orbiting

The lunar eclipse also may be visible to Hathaway and the nine other people living off the planet — seven astronauts at the International Space Station and three aboard China’s orbiting outpost. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

The lunar eclipse may also be visible to Hathaway and the nine other people living off the planet — seven astronauts at the International Space Station and three aboard China’s orbiting outpost. — Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

To date, astronomers have found more than 6,300 of these alien worlds orbiting other stars, with new entrants to our exoplanetary catalogs arriving practically every day. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026

Hera is en route to study the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission that intentionally crashed a spacecraft into a small moon orbiting a larger asteroid. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Some of Voyager 2’s biggest surprises came from the moons orbiting those planets. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon since 2009, serving as NASA's up-close eyes as the space agency works to return astronauts to the lunar surface. — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

The strangest thing about the Solar System may be that these aren’t exotic worlds orbiting some distant star. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

By tapping orbiting Starlink satellites, the Cybercab will also be able to receive high-speed internet no matter the location, including in cellular dead zones. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026