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- pronunciation:
- ae
str
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, concerning, emanating from, or resembling the stars; stellar.
There was no moon, and only astral light permeated the dark night sky.- similar words:
- celestial, stellar
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| definition 2: |
pertaining to spiritual existence, esp. to a human being's existence outside of his or her body.
astral projectionastral plane |
| related words: |
space |
(adj.)astral
+ noun
astronaut,
body,
domain,
egg,
energy,
event,
god,
influence,
lamp,
magic,
mythology,
nature,
phenomenon,
plain,
plane,
projection,
projector,
reality,
record,
spirit,
star,
travel,
viewing,
week,
weeks
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| derivation: |
astrally (adv.) |
The word astral
contains the following parts:
astr, aster, astro
Greek
root
that means star
  Example words:
aster, asterisk, asterism, asteroid, astral, astrodome, astrolabe, astrology, astronaut, astronautics, astronomical, astronomical unit, astronomy, astrophysics, bioastronautics, disaster
- synonyms:
- stell
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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