planetary

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UK/ˈplænɪtəri//ˈplænɪtri/US/ˈplænɪˌtɛəri/US/ˈplænəˌtɛri/

adjective

Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.

“a planetary mixer”

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globalepicyclicplanetalterrestrialerraticwanderingunsettledworld
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Meanings

adjectiveplanetary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableastronomyOf, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.

    erratical and planetary life

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  2. not comparableOf, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
  3. not comparableOf, or relating to the whole Earth; global.

    Synonyms: global

  4. not comparableEpicyclic.

    a planetary mixer

    Synonyms: epicyclic

nounplanetary (plural planetaries)

plural planetaries

  1. A planetary nebula.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, or relating to the whole Earth; global.

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global

adjectiveEpicyclic.

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epicyclic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

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planetal

adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

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terrestrial

adjectivehaving no fixed course

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erraticwanderingunsettled

adjectiveinvolving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

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globalworldworldwideworld-wideinternational
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erraticglobalinternationalplanetalterrestrialunsettledwanderingworldworldwide

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From planet + -ary.

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Translations

Bulgarian планетарен
  • планетарен (planetaren)of or relating to planets
Catalan planetari
  • planetariof or relating to planets
Chinese Mandarin 行星的
  • 行星的 (xíngxīng de)of or relating to planets
Czech planetární
  • planetárníof or relating to planets
Dutch planetair
  • planetairof or relating to planets
Esperanto planeda, planeduma
  • planedaof or relating to planets
  • planedumaof or relating to planets
Finnish planetaarinen
  • planetaarinenof or relating to planets
French planétaire
  • planétaireof or relating to planets
German planetar
  • planetarof or relating to planets
Greek πλανητικός
  • πλανητικός (planitikós)of or relating to planets
Hebrew פלנטרי
  • פלנטריof or relating to planets
Hindi ग्रहीय
  • ग्रहीय (grahīya)of or relating to planets
Irish pláinéadach
  • pláinéadachof or relating to planets
Italian planetario
  • planetarioof or relating to planets
Japanese 惑星の
  • 惑星の (wakusei no)of or relating to planets
Norwegian Bokmål planetarisk
  • planetariskof or relating to planets
Polish planetarny, planetowy
  • planetarnyof or relating to planets
  • planetowyof or relating to planets
Portuguese planetário
  • planetárioof or relating to planets
Romanian planetár
  • planetárof or relating to planets
Russian планета́рный, плане́тный
  • планета́рный (planetárnyj)of or relating to planets
  • плане́тный (planétnyj)of or relating to planets
Spanish planetario
  • planetarioof or relating to planets
Swedish planetarisk
  • planetariskof or relating to planets
Tagalog buntalain
  • buntalainof or relating to planets
Turkish gezegensel
  • gezegenselof or relating to planets
Cite this entry
APA

planetary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetary

MLA

“planetary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planetary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetary.

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