celestial body

noun

A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.

Similar
celestial objectheavenly body
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Meanings

nouncelestial body (plural celestial bodies)

plural celestial bodies

  1. astrologyA natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.

    Synonyms: celestial object, heavenly body

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.

Similar
celestial objectheavenly body

More synonyms by meaning

nounnatural objects visible in the sky

Similar
heavenly body
Broader
natural object
Also see
celestial objectheavenly body

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic جِرْم سَمَاوِيّ, جِرْم فَلَكِيّ
  • جِرْم سَمَاوِيّ (jirm samāwiyy)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • جِرْم فَلَكِيّ (jirm falakiyy)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Bulgarian небе́сно тя́ло
  • небе́сно тя́ло (nebésno tjálo)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Catalan cos celeste
  • cos celestenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Chinese Mandarin 天體 /天体, 星體 /星体
  • 天體 /天体 (tiāntǐ)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • 星體 /星体 (xīngtǐ)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • 星球 (xīngqiú)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Czech nebeské těleso
  • nebeské tělesonatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Danish himmellegeme
  • himmellegemenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Dutch hemellichaam
  • hemellichaamnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Esperanto ĉielkorpo, astro
  • ĉielkorponatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • astronatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Estonian taevakeha, taevakivi
  • taevakehanatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • taevakivinatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Finnish taivaankappale
  • taivaankappalenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
French corps céleste, astre
  • corps célestenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • astrenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
German Himmelskörper
  • Himmelskörpernatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Greek ουράνιο σώμα
  • ουράνιο σώμα (ouránio sóma)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Hindi खगोलीय वस्तु, खगोलीय पिंड
  • खगोलीय वस्तु (khagolīya vastu)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • खगोलीय पिंड (khagolīya piṇḍ)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Hungarian égitest
  • égitestnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Irish rinn, rinn neimhe
  • rinnnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • rinn neimhenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Italian corpo celeste
  • corpo celestenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Japanese 天体
  • 天体 (tentai)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Korean 천체
  • 천체 (cheonche)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Latin corpus caeleste
  • corpus caelestenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Latvian debess ķermenis
  • debess ķermenisnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Lithuanian dangaus kūnas
  • dangaus kūnasnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Malay jasad cakerawala
  • jasad cakerawalanatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Māori whānau mārama
  • whānau māramanatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Norwegian Bokmål himmellegeme
  • himmellegemenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Polish ciało niebieskie
  • ciało niebieskienatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Portuguese astro, corpo celeste
  • astronatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • corpo celestenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Romanian corp ceresc, astru
  • corp cerescnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • astrunatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Russian небе́сное те́ло
  • небе́сное те́ло (nebésnoje télo)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Slovak nebeské teleso
  • nebeské telesonatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Spanish cuerpo celeste, astro
  • cuerpo celestenatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • astronatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Swahili kiolwa cha angani, gimba la angani
  • kiolwa cha anganinatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • gimba la anganinatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Swedish himlakropp
  • himlakroppnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Tagalog astro
  • astronatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Turkish gök cismi
  • gök cisminatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Ukrainian небе́сне ті́ло
  • небе́сне ті́ло (nebésne tílo)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Urdu آسْمانی جِسْم
  • آسْمانی جِسْم (āsmānī jism)natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Vietnamese thiên thể
  • thiên thểnatural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
Cite this entry
APA

celestial body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celestial%20body

MLA

“celestial body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celestial%20body. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “celestial body,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celestial%20body.

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