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Spell Bee Word: celestial


Basic Details

Word: Celestial

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: To do with the sky or outer space, such as stars and planets; also heavenly.

Synonyms: heavenly, cosmic

Antonyms: earthly

How to Spell Celestial

Syllables: ce - les - tial

Tricky part: It starts with c, not s, though it sounds like s. The ending is tial, not tal or tiel.

Watch out for: celestal, selestiel, celestail

Memory tip: Celestial bodies are up near the ceiling of the world: both celestial and ceiling start with ce.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The Sun, the Moon and the stars are celestial bodies.

Example 2: Aryabhata studied celestial movements centuries ago.

Example 3: The planetarium dome was painted with a celestial map.

Fun Fact

Celestial comes from the Latin caelum, meaning sky or heaven.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: celestial

a) earthly
b) cosmic
c) starry
d) heavenly

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a) earthly. Earthly means of this world, the opposite of belonging to the sky.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_lest_al

a) e, e
b) i, i
c) e, i
d) a, i

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c) e, i. It begins cel and ends tial.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

staileelc

a) celestial
b) celebrate
c) elastic
d) satellite

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a) celestial. Satellite has two t's and celebrate has a b; only celestial matches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name the celestial body in this list.

a) a mountain
b) a forest
c) a river
d) a comet

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d) a comet

2. Celestial is most closely linked with ____.

a) the soil
b) the kitchen
c) the sea
d) the sky

Show answer

d) the sky

Associated Words

contemporarycaretakerreligiousadjacentefficacy
drainedprosperouslaxativegratefulbridal

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