'Satellite' definitions:
Definition of 'satellite'
From: WordNet
adjective
Surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"
noun
Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon [syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter]
noun
A person who follows or serves another [syn: satellite, planet]
noun
Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
verb
Broadcast or disseminate via satellite
Definition of 'Satellite'
From: GCIDE
- Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Satellite'
From: GCIDE
- Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an attendant.]
- 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of power." --I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar. [1913 Webster]
- Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'satellite'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompanying,
- acolyte,
- adherent,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- ally,
- Alouette,
- ancillary,
- Anna,
- Apollo,
- appendage,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- Ariel,
- artificial satellite,
- artificial satellites,
- assistant,
- ATDA,
- Atlas-Score,
- ATS,
- attendance,
- attendant,
- attending,
- Biosatellite,
- body of retainers,
- body politic,
- buff,
- buffer state,
- captive nation,
- cavaliere servente,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- city-state,
- cohort,
- coincident,
- collateral,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- communications satellite,
- Comsat,
- cortege,
- Cosmos,
- country,
- county,
- Courier,
- court,
- courtier,
- creature,
- crescent,
- crescent moon,
- dangler,
- decrescent,
- decrescent moon,
- demilune,
- dependant,
- dependent,
- Diapason,
- disciple,
- Discoverer,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- dummy,
- earldom,
- Early Bird,
- Echo,
- Elektron,
- empery,
- empire,
- entourage,
- ERS,
- Explorer,
- fan,
- favorite,
- figurehead,
- flunky,
- follower,
- following,
- free city,
- full moon,
- GATV,
- Gemini,
- geo probe,
- geodetic satellite,
- geophysical satellite,
- gibbous moon,
- gillie,
- goon,
- grand duchy,
- half-moon,
- hanger-on,
- harvest moon,
- heeler,
- helper,
- henchman,
- homme de cour,
- incident,
- increscent,
- increscent moon,
- Injun,
- Intelsat,
- jackal,
- kingdom,
- lackey,
- land,
- lieutenant,
- Lofti,
- Luna,
- Lunar Orbiter,
- Lunik,
- man,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- Mariner,
- Mars probes,
- Mercury,
- Midas,
- minion,
- moon,
- myrmidon,
- nation,
- nationality,
- navigational satellite,
- new moon,
- Nimbus,
- OAO,
- OGO,
- orb of night,
- OSO,
- Pageos,
- parasite,
- partisan,
- Pegasus,
- Pioneer,
- polis,
- polity,
- possession,
- power,
- principality,
- principate,
- probe,
- protectorate,
- Proton,
- province,
- public,
- puppet,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- pursuer,
- pursuivant,
- queen of heaven,
- queen of night,
- Ranger,
- realm,
- Relay,
- republic,
- research satellite,
- retainer,
- retinue,
- right-hand man,
- robot satellite,
- rout,
- Samos,
- San Marco,
- Secor,
- sectary,
- seneschalty,
- servant,
- settlement,
- shadow,
- sidekick,
- silvery moon,
- sovereign nation,
- space probe,
- space satellite,
- spacecraft,
- Sputnik,
- sputnik,
- state,
- stooge,
- successor,
- suite,
- sultanate,
- superpower,
- supporter,
- Surveyor,
- sycophant,
- Syncom,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- Telstar,
- territory,
- the wandering Moon,
- thug,
- toparchia,
- toparchy,
- train,
- trainbearer,
- Transit,
- unmanned satellite,
- Vanguard,
- vassal,
- Viking,
- Voskhod,
- votary,
- waning crescent moon,
- waning moon,
- ward heeler,
- waxing crescent moon,
- waxing moon,
- weather satellite,
- wet moon,
- WRESAT,
- Zond