Synonyms of orbits

orbits 1 of 2

noun

plural of orbit

as in loops

Related Words

• loops
• circles
• circuits
• paths
• trajectories
• pathways
• steps
• routes
• arcs
• tracks
• courses
• routeways
• lines
• ways
• flight paths
• ascents
• descents

orbits

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of orbit

as in circles

to travel completely around

the moon orbits the Earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circles
• traverses
• rings
• circuits
• encircles
• crosses
• rounds
• circumvents
• circumnavigates
• girdles
• compasses
• circumambulates
• perambulates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of orbits

Noun

The kick stage will be able to take big payloads from LEO to higher-energy orbits — for example, up to 8,800 pounds (4,000 kg) to geostationary orbit, a popular hangout for spy, communications and weather satellites that lies 22,236 miles (35,785 kilometers) above Earth. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 June 2026

Canadian and American researchers simulated satellite orbits in low Earth orbit and generated a metric, the CRASH Clock, that measures the number of days before collisions start happening if collision-avoidance maneuvers stop. — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2026

The plan represents a departure for Europe’s top satellite makers, which have traditionally focused on large, complex spacecraft in high orbits, but the industry has been disrupted by Starlink’s small, relatively cheap, low-orbit machines. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025

Verb

As Earth orbits the sun, the sunset point shifts along the horizon through the year. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

Over the course of a year, as Earth rotates and orbits the Sun, a person in a very dark location could see around 6,000 stars without binoculars or a telescope. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

Gaia23bra b, however, orbits an orange dwarf star about 80 percent the size of the sun that is located 40,000 light-years away. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 July 2026

Much of our social life, our ways of making and sharing a world, orbits the face. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

After tracking Krem's crew across the galaxy, Kara finally catches up with the Brigands on a hostile planet that orbits both a green and a yellow sun. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

As the planet orbits the sun, that tilt continues to point in the same direction. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 17 June 2026