Meanings
earthbound1
comparative more earthbound · superlative most earthbound · alternative Earthbound · alternative earth-bound
- Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
"Music, Smiley, music! Now the vibrations should be better." "The higher spirits cannot reach earth-bound folk," said Mailey.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 20191 more example
[B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231 - literatureHeading towards the planet Earth.
- figurativelyUnimaginative or mundane.
Earthbound2
comparative more Earthbound · superlative most Earthbound
- Alternative letter-case form of earthbound.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveconfined to the earth
adjectivelacking wit or imagination
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁er-
- Proto-Germanic*erþō
- Proto-West Germanic*erþu
- Old Englisheorþe
- Middle Englisherthe
- Englishearth
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Germanic*būaną
- Old Norsebúinn
- Middle Englishbownde
- Englishbound
- Englishearthbound
Translations
Bulgarian земен, насочен към Земята
- земен (zemen)confined to the Earth
- насочен към Земята (nasočen kăm Zemjata)heading towards Earth
- прозаичен (prozaičen)unimaginative or mundane
- светски (svetski)unimaginative or mundane
Chinese Mandarin 固定在地面上的
- 固定在地面上的confined to the Earth
Dutch aardgebonden
- aardgebondenconfined to the Earth
French terre-à-terre
- terre-à-terreunimaginative or mundane
Hungarian földhöz kötött, a föld felé tartó/közeledő/haladó/irányuló
- földhöz kötöttconfined to the Earth
- a föld felé tartó/közeledő/haladó/irányulóheading towards Earth
- földhözragadtunimaginative or mundane
Polish naziemny, lecący w kierunku Ziemi
- naziemnyconfined to the Earth
- lecący w kierunku Ziemiheading towards Earth
- płaskiunimaginative or mundane
- płytkiunimaginative or mundane
- przyziemnyunimaginative or mundane
Swedish jordbunden
- jordbundenconfined to the Earth
Vietnamese nằm trên mặt đất, nằm trên bề mặt trái đất
- nằm trên mặt đấtconfined to the Earth
- nằm trên bề mặt trái đấtconfined to the Earth
- bị giới hạn trên trái đất hoặc bề mặt trái đấtconfined to the Earth
- thiếu tưởng tượngunimaginative or mundane
- thiếu tinh tếunimaginative or mundane
- bị ràng buộc bởi lợi ích trần thếunimaginative or mundane
Cite this entry
earthbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthbound
“earthbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthbound. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthbound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthbound.
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