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celestial

  • adjective
  • ce·les·ti·al
  • /sɪˈlɛs.ti.əl/

Of, relating to, or located in the sky or outer space, where the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars are visible.

Other meanings

  1. Of or relating to China; Chinese.

  2. Extremely beautiful, good, or pleasurable; divine, heavenly, wonderful.

Synonyms

  • heavenly

Word history

From Latin "caelestis".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “celestial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.