Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun inferior_planet

1 sense of inferior planet

Sense 1
inferior planet -- (any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit)
       => planet, major planet -- ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)