lunar
Plural: lunars
Adjective
- of or relating to or associated with the moon
- "lunar surface"
- "lunar module"
Adj
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
- Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
- Extremely high.
- (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
- Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
- Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
Noun
- An observation of the moon used for navigation.
- The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
- An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.
Examples
- His strategy in Scrabble was like a LUNAR observation, precisely charting moves.
- lunar observations a lunar eclipse
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).
Synonyms
intermedium, lunar bone, lunarlike, lunary, moonish, moonlike, moonly, moony, selenian, selenic, semilunar
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
lunar: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlunar: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lunar: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary