MOON: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MOON?

Need another word that means the same as “moon”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “moon” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Moon” are: sun myung moon, moonlight, moonshine, lunation, synodic month, satellite, ages ago, years ago, moon around, moon on, daydream, waste time, fiddle, loaf, idle, mope, drift, pine, languish, brood, fantasize, be in a reverie, be in a brown study

Moon as a Noun

Definitions of "Moon" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “moon” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A month.
• The period between successive new moons (29.531 days.
• Anything that one could desire.
• A natural satellite of any planet.
• Any object resembling a moon.
• The light of the Moon.
• The natural satellite of the Earth.
• The natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
• United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920.
• Any natural satellite of a planet.

Synonyms of "Moon" as a noun (8 Words)

ages ago	An era of history having some distinctive feature.
lunation	The period between successive new moons (29.531 days.
moonlight	The light of the Moon. The river glittered under the pale moonlight.
moonshine	Illicitly distilled or smuggled alcohol. Whatever I said it was moonshine.
satellite	Satellite television. A news service on satellite.
sun myung moon	First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.
synodic month	A time unit of approximately 30 days.
years ago	A period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity.

Usage Examples of "Moon" as a noun

• You must know he'd give you the moon.
• Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
• Men first stepped on the moon in 1969.
• Moonlight is the smuggler's enemy.
• That wonderful night four moons ago.
• Jupiter has sixteen moons.
• There was no moon, but a sky sparkling with brilliant stars.
• He made a moon lamp that he used as a night light.
• The first man on the moon.
• The clock had a moon that showed various phases.
• I got my first laser printer many moons ago.

Moon as a Verb

Definitions of "Moon" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “moon” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Be idle in a listless or dreamy way.
• Expose one's buttocks to.
• Behave or move in a listless and aimless manner.
• Act in a dreamily infatuated manner.
• Expose one's buttocks to someone in order to insult or amuse them.
• Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.

Synonyms of "Moon" as a verb (15 Words)

be in a brown study	Represent, as of a character on stage.
be in a reverie	Represent, as of a character on stage.
brood	Sit on (eggs. The terrible vision brooded over her all day long.
daydream	Indulge in a daydream. She looked out the window daydreaming.
drift	(of a person or their attention) digress or stray to another subject. Excited voices drifted down the hall.
fantasize	Indulge in fantasies. He sometimes fantasized about emigrating.
fiddle	Play the violin or fiddle. She always fiddles with her van on the weekend.
idle	Cause an engine to idle. Robert idled along the pavement.
languish	Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief. When a visitor comes in she smiles and languishes.
loaf	Be lazy or idle.
moon around	Be idle in a listless or dreamy way.
moon on	Expose one’s buttocks to.
mope	Wander about listlessly and aimlessly because of unhappiness or boredom. You spend too much time moping about the house.
pine	Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.
waste time	Spend extravagantly.

Usage Examples of "Moon" as a verb

• I don't want her mooning about in the morning.
• Moon the audience.
• Dan had whipped round, bent over, and mooned the crowd.
• The crew dropped their trousers and mooned at them.
• Timothy's mooning over her like a schoolboy.

Associations of "Moon" (30 Words)

asteroid	Relating to or denoting echinoderms of the class Asteroidea.
brighten	Make more cheerful through the use of color. Most of the country should brighten up later.
collision	A conflict between opposing ideas, interests, or factions. A mid air collision between two aircraft.
comet	A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
cosmic	Inconceivably extended in space or time. The cosmic void.
crescent	A representation of a crescent used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey. The moon was a slender crescent.
daytime	The time of the day between sunrise and sunset. She was alone in the daytime.
eclipse	Cause an eclipse of a celestial body by intervention. The Sun eclipses the moon today.
galaxy	The galaxy of which the solar system is a part the Milky Way. Extragalactic nebula is a former name for galaxy.
interstellar	Occurring or situated between stars. Interstellar travel.
lunar	Of, determined by, or resembling the moon. A lunar landscape.
meteor	A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth s atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode.
meteorite	A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth s surface from outer space as a meteor Over 90 per cent of meteorites are of rock while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel.
moonbeam	A ray of moonlight.
neptune	God of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon.
noon	The middle of the day. The service starts at twelve noon.
observation	The ability to notice things, especially significant details. She was brought into hospital for observation.
overshadow	Make appear small by comparison. He was always overshadowed by his brilliant elder brother.
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. No generation has the right to pollute the planet.
planetary	Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets. Neither national nor continental but planetary.
pluto	A cartoon character created by Walt Disney.
saturn	(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus.
sky	Hit (a ball) high into the air. Dorcas had never seen so much sky.
solar	Relating to or denoting energy derived from the sun’s rays. Solar radiation.
spacecraft	A vehicle used for travelling in space.
star	Feature as the star. MPs suggested giving ferries star ratings.
sun	Expose something to the sun especially to warm or dry it. These herbs suffer when sunned.
sunspot	A dark or discoloured spot on the skin caused by exposure to the sun. Wrinkles sunspots and uneven skin tone and texture can all be traced to unprotected sun exposure.
universe	All existing matter and space considered as a whole the cosmos The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago. They study the evolution of the universe.
uranus	(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology.