aerial
aerial is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
- 2.Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires.
- 3.Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants. Gray.
- 4.Light as air; ethereal. Aërial acid, carbonic acid. [Obs.] Ure. -- Aërial perspective. See Perspective.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- aeration
- aerification
- aeriform
- aerodynamics
- aerography
- aerology
- aerometer
- aerometry
- aeronaut
- aeronautics
- aeroplanist
- aeroscope
- aeroscopy
- aerosphere
- aerostatics
- aerostation
- air
- airman
- airy
- alkali
- ammonia
- ammoniacal
- and
- aneroid
- atmosphere
- atmospheric
- attendant
- aviator
- aviatrix
- balloonist
- bargee
- bargeman
- barometer
- baroscope
- belle
- birdman
- bladder
- blue
- boatman
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is aerial.
- What is consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal called?
- What is rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires called?
- What is growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants. Gray called?
- What is light as air; ethereal. Aërial acid, carbonic acid. [Obs.] Ure. -- Aërial perspective. See Perspective called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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