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cosmic

/ˈkɒz.mɪk/US/ˈkɑz.mɪk/

cosmic adjective: of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

Adjective

cosmic (comparative more cosmic, superlative most cosmic)

  1. Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
  2. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.
    • cosmic speed
    • The human understanding, for example—the faculty which Mr. Spencer has turned so skillfully round upon its own antecedents—is itself a result of the play between organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time.1874 October, John Tyndall, “Inaugural Address before the British Association”, in Popular Science, page 683
  3. Of or relating to abstract spiritual or metaphysical ideas.
    • Humpty Dumpty is the cosmic egg, the wall, the edge between transcendence and existence. As nothing breaks up into the world of things, the movement toward entropy becomes irreversible.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 9
    • “It's called transdimentional awareness,” Jay contributed to the conversation, “and it's like totally cosmic man.”1999, John W. Milor, Apparition, page 272
  4. (dated) Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.

cosmic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

cosmic in Hindi

of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe
अंतरिक्षीय antrikṣīya

cosmic in Tamil

அண்டத்திற்குரிய, அண்டம்

cosmic in Urdu

of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe
خَلائی xalāī

cosmic in Bengali

cosmic, universal, celestial, interstellar
মহাজাগতিক môhājāgôtik
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cosmic in Malayalam
ഭൗമേതര, അഭൗമമായ, ജഗദ്വിഷയകമായ, ഐഹികമല്ലാത്ത
cosmic in Punjabi
ਪੁਲਾੜੀ pulāṛī
cosmic in Arabic
كَوْنِيّ kawniyy, فَضَائِيّ faḍāʔiyy
cosmic in Indonesian
kosmik, kosmis
cosmic in Persian
کیهانی keyhâni, فضایی fazâyi
cosmic in Thai
อวกาศ à-wá-gàat
cosmic in Vietnamese
vũ trụ
cosmic in Myanmar
အာကာသ akasa.

Examples of cosmic in a sentence

  • Cabrera's Valentine's Day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.
  • Cosmic rays are energetic particles from outer space.
  • TIL that scientists call the universe's average color "cosmic latte".

All 40 example sentences with cosmic

Synonyms of cosmic

Forms of cosmic

comparativemore cosmic
superlativemost cosmic

Origin of cosmic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós).

Words formed from cosmic

Phrases with cosmic

3 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about cosmic

What does cosmic mean?
Cosmic means of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
What is cosmic in Hindi?
Cosmic in Hindi is अंतरिक्षीय (antrikṣīya). See Cosmic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cosmic?
Cosmic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cosmic?
Cosmic is pronounced /ˈkɒz.mɪk/ (UK).

Words near cosmic in the dictionary

  1. cosmetotextile
  2. cosmetotextiles
  3. Cosmești
  4. cosmian
  5. cosmians
  6. cosmic
  7. cosmic background
  8. cosmic background radiation
  9. cosmic bowling
  10. cosmic calendar
  11. cosmic calendars

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cosmic (page history and authors); cosmic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মহাজাগতিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); cosmic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਪੁਲਾੜੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). 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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