Antonyms for earth
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : urth |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɜrθ |
Definition of earth
Origin :- Old English eorþe "ground, soil, dry land," also used (along with middangeard) for "the (material) world" (as opposed to the heavens or the underworld), from Proto-Germanic *ertho (cf. Old Frisian erthe "earth," Old Saxon ertha, Old Norse jörð, Middle Dutch eerde, Dutch aarde, Old High German erda, German Erde, Gothic airþa), from PIE root *er- (2) "earth, ground" (cf. Middle Irish -ert "earth"). The earth considered as a planet was so called from c.1400.
- noun the world
- noun ground, soil
- The earth was like a slumbering babe, smiling in its sleep, because it dreams of Heaven.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Their freshness soon withered, on account of the shallowness of the earth.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I want him to think he ain't got a friend on earth but himself.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- That he is afraid to trust banks, and hides his money in the earth.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He don't trust any banks, but keeps his money concealed in the earth.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He shuddered as he thought how near he had been to never meeting them again on earth.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- We do not know how or why or when the human race began its career upon this Earth.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- It caused them to fight for the sole possession of this Paradise upon Earth.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- From that moment on they became wanderers upon the face of the Earth.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The old cities of Egypt have disappeared from the face of the earth.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Synonyms for earth
- alluvium
- apple
- big blue marble
- clay
- clod
- coast
- compost
- cosmos
- creation
- deposit
- dirt
- dry land
- dust
- fill
- glebe
- globe
- gravel
- humus
- land
- loam
- macrocosm
- marl
- mold
- muck
- mud
- orb
- peat moss
- planet
- sand
- shore
- sod
- sphere
- star
- sublunary world
- subsoil
- surface
- terra
- terra firma
- terrain
- terrane
- terrene
- terrestrial sphere
- topsoil
- turf
- universe
- vale
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