earthbound

earth-bound · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Attached or confined to the earth; unable to fly or leave the ground.

  2. 2.

    Moving toward the earth.

  3. 3.

    (figurative) Lacking imagination or spiritual awareness; mundane.

Related words

Antonyms: airborne, spacebound
See also: earth, grounded, terrestrial
Synonyms: grounded, terrestrial

Etymology

A compound from Old English eorthe (earth) + bunden (bound), dating from the 16th century.