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

Conversely, Earth also orbits the sun on an ellipse, so when our planet is at aphelion (its greatest solar distance), our star appears at its smallest in the sky, extending totality. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

It was discovered almost a decade ago, and orbits a small red dwarf star called LHS 1140, which is almost 49 light-years away from our solar system. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Searches have focused on binary systems where a star orbits a compact object, but until now astronomers had drawn a blank. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026

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

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