astral
/ˈæstɹəl/
astral adjective: relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
Adjective
astral (comparative more astral, superlative most astral)
- Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
- Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...]1669 June (first performance), John Dryden, Tyrannick Love, or, The Royal Martyr. […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1670, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 29
- The first thing a visitor arriving by carriage from London would have noticed was that eighty-foot pole aimed at the sky, supported by huge struts near the base. Contrary to local rumors, it was not an instrument of divination but a towering mount for one of Cavendish’s telescopes. Upon renting the...2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 27
- Synonyms:
- starly
- Relating to an aster.
- astral rays
- astral sphere
- Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane).
- In the case of an inanimate body, […] when the physical object was broken the astral counterpart would also be divided; but it would not be possible to break an astral counterpart, and in that way to affect the physical object. In other words the act of fraction must begin on the physical plane....1911, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Theosophical Talks at Adyar, page 194
- "[I could] see her astral form sitting on the edge of her bed. She was waiting for me."2005 03, Harry Highstreet, The OOBE File, Harry, →ISBN, page 123
Noun
astral (plural astrals)
- A supernatural being from the astral plane.
- Now both of you sit there and wait for any guides to come to you, any astrals or people from that life to make themselves known to you.2009, David Wells, David Wells's Psychic Secrets, page 112
astral meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada
astral in Hindi
- अपार्थिव
astral in Marathi
- अपार्थिव
astral in Bengali
- astral
- ভৌতিক bhoutik
astral in Kannada
- ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಲ್
More languagesFewer languages
- astral in Punjabi
- ਐਸਟ੍ਰਲ
- astral in Gujarati
- અપાર્થિવ
- astral in Nepali
- एस्ट्रल, एस्ट्राल
- astral in Arabic
- نَجْمِيّ najmiyy, نَجْمِيَّة najmiyya
- astral in Persian
- اختری axtari
Examples of astral in a sentence
- One could of course move a purely astral object by means of an astral hand if one wished, but not the astral counterpart of a physical object.1911, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Theosophical Talks at Adyar, page 194:
- [He could] see her astral projection; she looked like a celestial being, holding her hand out to him.2011 October 11, Kristi O'Toole, Under the Moon, PublishAmerica, →ISBN:
- [Other actions], such as the moving of solid articles, either by an astral hand projected to draw them towards her, or by using an Elemental; others by reading in the Astral Light, and so on.2021 January 1, Annie Besant, Annie Besant, An Autobiography: Annie Besant, An Autobiography by Annie Besant: The Autobiography of Annie...
Synonyms of astral
Forms of astral
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more astral |
| superlative | most astral |
| Noun | |
| plural | astrals |
Origin of astral
From Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Words formed from astral
Phrases with astral
Questions about astral
- What does astral mean?
- Astral means relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
- What is astral in Hindi?
- Astral in Hindi is अपार्थिव. See Astral meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use astral in a sentence?
- One could of course move a purely astral object by means of an astral hand if one wished, but not the astral counterpart of a physical object.
- What part of speech is astral?
- Astral can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce astral?
- Astral is pronounced /ˈæstɹəl/ (US).
Words near astral in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: astral (page history and authors); astral (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); astral (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ভৌতিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); astral (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); astral (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); astral (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); astral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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