Meanings
adjectivegravitational (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.
Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft, the gravitational gravitas, to pull itself into a sphere.
2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: gravitic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.
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adjectiveof or relating to or caused by gravitation
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
- Proto-Italic*gʷraus
- Latingravis
- Latingravitō
- New Latingravitātiō
- Englishgravitation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgravitational
From gravitation + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan gravitacional, gravitatori
- gravitacionalpertaining to gravitation
- gravitatoripertaining to gravitation
Czech gravitační
- gravitačnípertaining to gravitation
Dutch gravitationeel
- gravitationeelpertaining to gravitation
Finnish painovoima-, gravitaationaalinen
- painovoima-pertaining to gravitation
- gravitaationaalinenpertaining to gravitation
French gravitationnel
- gravitationnelpertaining to gravitation
German Gravitations-, gravitativ
- Gravitations-pertaining to gravitation
- gravitativpertaining to gravitation
- gravitationsbedingtpertaining to gravitation
Irish imtharraingteach
- imtharraingteachpertaining to gravitation
Italian gravitazionale
- gravitazionalepertaining to gravitation
Polish grawitacyjny
- grawitacyjnypertaining to gravitation
Portuguese gravitacional
- gravitacionalpertaining to gravitation
Romanian gravitațional
- gravitaționalpertaining to gravitation
Russian гравитацио́нный
- гравитацио́нный (gravitaciónnyj)pertaining to gravitation
Spanish gravitatorio, gravitacional
- gravitatoriopertaining to gravitation
- gravitacionalpertaining to gravitation
Tagalog dagsinin
- dagsininpertaining to gravitation
Turkish kütleçekimsel
- kütleçekimselpertaining to gravitation
Ukrainian гравітаці́йний
- гравітаці́йний (hravitacíjnyj)pertaining to gravitation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gravitational
occupationalcomputationalfoundationalimprovisationalcombinationalaccreditationalbiofiltrationalcentrifugationalfiltrationalindoctrinationalmetapopulationalmultiequationalprogravitationalsedimentationalunaspirational
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
gravitational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravitational
MLA
“gravitational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravitational. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gravitational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravitational.
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