earthbound

earth·bound

adj \-ˌbau̇nd\

Definition of EARTHBOUND

1

a : fast in or to the soil <earthbound roots> b : located on or restricted to land or to the surface of the earth

2

a : bound by earthly interests b : pedestrian, unimaginative

Examples of EARTHBOUND

1. a dull and earthbound mind
2. <we have too many earthbound worries to speculate on the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin>

First Known Use of EARTHBOUND

1605

Related to EARTHBOUND

Synonyms: carnal, earthborn, earthly, fleshly, material, mundane, sublunary, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly

Antonyms: heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly

Related Words: animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, physical; daily, diurnal; unspiritual; anthropic (or anthropical), anthropocentric

Near Antonyms: celestial, Elysian, empyreal, empyrean, supernal; metaphysical; devotional, divine, religious, sacred, spiritual, utopian; extraterrestrial; ethereal, supernatural, transcendent, transcendental

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Rhymes with EARTHBOUND

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