Synonyms for astronomical
ˌæs trəˈnɒm ɪ kəlas·tro·nom·i·cal

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1. astronomicaladjective

   Of or relating to astronomy.

   Synonyms:
   astronomic

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. astronomic, astronomicaladjective

   relating or belonging to the science of astronomy

   "astronomic telescope"

   Synonyms:
   galactic, astronomic

   Antonyms:
   small, little

2. astronomic, astronomical, galacticadjective

   inconceivably large

   Synonyms:
   galactic, astronomic

   Antonyms:
   small, little

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1. List of paraphrases for "astronomical":

   astronomy, astronomer, astrophysics, celestial

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How to use astronomical in a sentence?

1. Sally Ward:

   People are taking on pubs without realising just the astronomical costs of running them, that's a sad thing - to see so many beautiful pubs turned into houses or knocked down.

2. Fathi Namouni:

   The close proximity of the stars meant that they felt each others' gravity much more strongly in those early days than they do today, this enabled Astronomical Society.These asteroids to be pulled from one star system to another.

3. Tom Roseen:

   Investors definitely lightened up on their portfolios, while the volatility was hitting these astronomical highs, (stock ETF investors) weren’t willing to stay in the kitchen, they wanted to get out of the heat.

4. Brett Redfearn:

   When you have an unregulated space, bad actors do tend to flock there and so if you look at the amount of enforcement cases that have come and the amount of manipulation and fraud and all of the other things – bad sales practices and the like – that have happened in that space, it's astronomical.

5. Sophie Richardson:

   Having spent over two decades in prison, Qin Yongmin has already paid an astronomical price for exercising his basic rights to advocate peacefully for political reforms, the Chinese government should reverse the latest judgment and release him immediately.