Synonyms for earth
ɜrθearth

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Earthnoun

   To connect electrically to the earth.

   That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.

   Synonyms:
   ground

2. earthnoun

   Any general rock-based material.

   She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

   Synonyms:
   Sol III, globe, world, Terra

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 6 votes

1. Earth, earth, world, globenoun

   the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

   "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"

   Synonyms:
   reality, world, humankind, ground, public, human race, earthly concern, man, cosmos, globe, creation, macrocosm, solid ground, universe, dry land, worldly concern, land, populace, humanity, human beings, mankind, existence, orb, humans, ball, terra firma, domain

2. earth, groundnoun

   the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

   "they dug into the earth outside the church"

   Synonyms:
   world, ground, primer, earthly concern, terra firma, globe, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, worldly concern, footing, land, reason, soil, background, priming, priming coat, primer coat, flat coat

3. land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firmanoun

   the solid part of the earth's surface

   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

   Synonyms:
   primer, land, background, body politic, soil, commonwealth, terra firma, estate, dry land, reason, country, basis, farming, res publica, acres, solid ground, state, demesne, ground, globe, undercoat, priming, kingdom, footing, world, realm, landed estate, priming coat, nation, domain, flat coat, worldly concern, primer coat, earthly concern

4. Earth, earthnoun

   the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)

   "it was hell on earth"

   Synonyms:
   earthly concern, dry land, terra firma, globe, world, worldly concern, solid ground, land, ground

5. earthnoun

   once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

   Synonyms:
   earthly concern, dry land, terra firma, globe, world, worldly concern, solid ground, land, ground

6. worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earthnoun

   the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

   "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

   Synonyms:
   reality, world, humankind, ground, public, human race, earthly concern, man, cosmos, globe, creation, macrocosm, solid ground, universe, dry land, worldly concern, land, populace, humanity, human beings, mankind, existence, humans, terra firma, domain

7. ground, earthverb

   a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

   Synonyms:
   world, ground, primer, earthly concern, terra firma, globe, worldly concern, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, reason, soil, background, priming, priming coat, flat coat

8. earthverb

   hide in the earth like a hunted animal

9. earthverb

   connect to the earth

   "earth the circuit"

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   world, globe

2. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod

3. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   of low birth, of mean extraction

4. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   earthly, low, mean, base, abject, grovelling, earth-bred

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earthnoun

   Synonyms:
   world, terra firma, globe, land, soil, ground, world

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "earth":

   land, terre, ground, planet, terra, terrestrial, soil, tierra, dirt, globe, world, lands, shore, onshore, territory, iand

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1. List of known nicknames for "Earth":

   Andreas Karsten Pfeiffer

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EARTH

   Synonyms:
   Endothelin A Receptor Antagonist Trial in Heart Failure

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1. Marshall McLuhan:

   There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

2. Benito Perez Galdos:

   I believe that if I should die, and you were to walk near my grave, from the very depths of the earth I would hear your footsteps.

3. John Ruskin:

   Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.

4. Ellen Stofan:

   You know, we're really spending that money here on Earth, we get amazing technology spinoffs from the work NASA has done.

5. Sir John Lubbock:

   Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.