Definition of PLANETARY

planetary

Plural: planetaries

Adjective

  • of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
    • "planetary motion"
    • "planetary year"
  • of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; - L.C.Eiseley
    • "planetary rumblings and eructations"
    • "the planetary tilt"

Adjective Satellite

  • having no fixed course
    • "a planetary vagabond"
  • involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
    • "neither national nor continental but planetary"

Adj

  • Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
  • Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
  • Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
  • Epicyclic.

Noun

  • A planetary nebula.

Origin / Etymology

From planet + -ary.

Scrabble Score: 14

planetary: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
planetary: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
planetary: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

planetary: valid Words With Friends Word