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Definitions for Aerial

[1] of, in, or produced by the air: aerial currents.
[2] inhabiting or frequenting the air: aerial creatures.
[3] operating on a track or cable elevated above the ground: an aerial ski lift up the mountainside.
[4] reaching far into the air; high; lofty: aerial spires.
[5] partaking of the nature of air; airy.
[6] unsubstantial; visionary: aerial fancies.
[7] having a light and graceful beauty; ethereal: aerial music.
[8] Biology . growing in the air, as the adventitious roots of some trees.
[9] pertaining to or used for, against, or in aircraft.
[10] supplied or performed by means of aircraft: aerial support; aerial reconnaissance.
[11] a radio or television antenna.
[12] Football . forward pass.
[13] of, relating to, or resembling air
[14] existing, occurring, moving, or operating in the air aerial cable car ; aerial roots of a plant
[15] ethereal; light and delicate
[16] imaginary; visionary
[17] extending high into the air; lofty
[18] of or relating to aircraft aerial combat
[19] Also called: antenna the part of a radio or television system having any of various shapes, such as a dipole, Yagi, long-wire, or vertical aerial, by means of which radio waves are transmitted or received

Words related to Aerial

flying, airy, atmospheric, ethereal, lofty, vaporous, pneumatic, aeriform, aeronautical, birdlike

Words nearby Aerial

aerator, aere perennius, aerenchyma, aeri-, aeria, aerial, aerial ladder, aerial mine, aerial perspective, aerial photograph, aerial pingpong

Origin of Aerial

1595–1605; 1900–05 for def 11 ; < Latin āeri(us ) of the air (< Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- (stem of āḗr air1) + -ios adj. suffix) + -al1

Other words from Aerial

aer·i·al·ly , adverb
aer·i·al·ness , noun
su·per·aer·i·al , adjective
su·per·aer·i·al·ly , adverb

Word origin for Aerial

C17: via Latin from Greek aērios, from aēr air

Synonyms for Aerial

flying, aeriform, aeronautical, airy, atmospheric, birdlike, ethereal, lofty, pneumatic, up above, vaporous