Orbit Synonyms

ôrbĭt
A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. circle
  2. circuit
  3. cycle
  4. round
  5. tour
  6. turn
Path described by one body revolving around another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. revolution
  2. range
  3. scope
  4. circle
  5. circuit
  6. ellipse
  7. course
  8. path
  9. cycle
  10. sphere
  11. compass
  12. ambit
  13. reach
  14. realm
  15. ring
  16. extension
  17. apogee
  18. extent
  19. perigee
  20. purview
  21. lap
  22. round
  23. dominion
  24. curve
  25. parabolic orbit
  26. epicycle
  27. synchronous-orbit
  28. influence
  29. hold pattern
  30. domain
  31. transfer orbit
  32. radius
  33. flight-path
  34. sweep
  35. swing
  36. retrograde
  37. area
  38. rotation
  39. track
  40. field
  41. arena
To revolve around another body
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. circle
  2. encircle
  3. compass
  4. encompass
  5. ring
  6. move in a circuit
  7. go around
  8. revolve
To put into orbit
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. revolve
  2. fire
  3. circle
  4. circumvolve
  5. blast-off
  6. gyrate
  7. lift-off
  8. orb
  9. rotate
  10. turn
  11. project
  12. wheel
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. eye-socket
  2. cranial-orbit
  3. orbital-cavity
A range of control or influence:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. range

Words Related to Orbit

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Orbit Sentence Examples

  • Ordinary meteors, in the region of the earth's orbit, appear to be separated by intervals of about 250 m.

  • Encke, the astronomer who first investigated its orbit and showed its periodicity.

  • It is now known to correspond to the actual orbit of the planet round the sun.

  • Another element is the time of revolution of the body in its orbit, called its period.

  • The plane of the orbit is called the ecliptic.

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