sublunar

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adjective

Situated beneath the Moon.

Similar
sublunarycislunarterrestrialearthly
Opposite
superlunarsuperlunarytranslunartranslunaryotherworldly
OriginEnglish lunar ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

adjectivesublunar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSituated beneath the Moon.

    The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps, Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow, And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps, Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps.

    1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 234

    Synonyms: sublunary, cislunar · Antonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunar, translunary

  2. not comparableOf this world; earthly.

    Synonyms: sublunary · Antonyms: otherworldly, heavenly, celestial, ethereal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSituated beneath the Moon.

Similar
sublunarycislunar
Opposite
superlunarsuperlunarytranslunartranslunary

adjectiveOf this world; earthly.

Similar
sublunary
Opposite
otherworldlyheavenlycelestialethereal

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivesituated between the earth and the moon

Similar
sublunarycislunar

adjectiveof this earth

Similar
sublunaryterrestrialearthly
Also see
cislunarearthlysublunaryterrestrialworldly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishlunar
  5. Englishsublunar

From sub- + lunar.

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Translations

Dutch ondermaans, sublunarisch
  • ondermaansbeneath the Moon
  • sublunarischbeneath the Moon
Finnish kuunalinen
  • kuunalinenbeneath the Moon
French sublunaire
  • sublunairebeneath the Moon
German sublunarisch
  • sublunarischbeneath the Moon
Greek υποφέγγαρος
  • υποφέγγαρος (ypoféngaros)beneath the Moon
Latin sublūnāris
  • sublūnārisbeneath the Moon
Polish podksiężycowy
  • podksiężycowybeneath the Moon
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“sublunar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublunar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublunar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublunar.

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