halos

The word “halos” has 2 syllables: ha-los

It's pronounced as /ˈheɪ.loʊz/


What is synonym and antonym for halos?

In the thesaurus, “halos” has 49 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for halos along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for halos

  • airs
  • ambiances
  • ambiences
  • aromas
  • atmospheres
  • attributes
  • auras
  • aureolae
  • aureoles
  • characteristics
  • characters
  • climates
  • colors
  • coronas
  • feelings
  • feels
  • flavors
  • genius locis
  • glories
  • illusions
  • images
  • karmas
  • marks
  • moods
  • mystiques
  • nimbi
  • nimbuses
  • notes
  • notions
  • odors
  • overtones
  • patinae
  • patinas
  • peculiarities
  • pictures
  • properties
  • romances
  • semblances
  • sensations
  • senses
  • smells
  • spirits
  • starbursts
  • suggestions
  • sunbursts
  • tempers
  • tones
  • traits
  • vibrations

Meanings of halos

  • noun
    1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
    2. A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
    3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
    4. Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
    5. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
    6. (iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head.
    7. A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
    8. A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.

Example Sentences

  • The halos around the streetlights gave the city a surreal glow.
  • In religious art, saints are often depicted with halos symbolizing their holiness.
  • The mist in the forest created mysterious halos around the trees.
  • As the sun set, halos of color appeared around the clouds on the horizon.
  • The photographer captured the ethereal halos formed by the light streaming through the stained glass windows.

On this page you'll find 49 synonyms or another words to halos, such as: airs, ambiances, ambiences, aromas, atmospheres, attributes, auras.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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base

  • abject
  • abominable
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  • eye
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  • harbor
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  • heart
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  • kernel
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  • origin
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  • predicate
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  • primary element
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  • reprehensible
  • rest
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  • seat
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  • shoddy
  • shore
  • site
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  • snide
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • soul
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  • squalid
  • staging area
  • staging ground
  • stand
  • starting point
  • station
  • stay
  • strip
  • stronghold
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • support
  • suppose
  • supposition
  • sycophant
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  • terminal
  • theory
  • thesis
  • thick
  • toadyish
  • toehold
  • touchstone
  • trashy
  • ugly
  • unassuming
  • underpinning
  • unethical
  • unpretentious
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • warp
  • warp and woof
  • warrant
  • wicked
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong

illuminations

  • Roman candles
  • afterglows
  • analyses
  • annotations
  • aureolae
  • aureoles
  • aurorae
  • auroras
  • beams
  • blazes
  • bottle rockets
  • bursts
  • cautions
  • caveats
  • cherry bomb
  • clarifications
  • commentaries
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  • constructions
  • daylights
  • definitions
  • demonstrations
  • disentanglements
  • edifications
  • elucidations
  • enactments
  • enlightenments
  • epexegeses
  • exegeses
  • explanations
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  • expositions
  • fire flowers
  • firecrackers
  • flares
  • flashes
  • fluorescences
  • glares
  • gleams
  • glimmers
  • glints
  • glistens
  • glitters
  • glosses
  • glows
  • haloes
  • halos
  • illustrations
  • incandescences
  • interpretations
  • justifications
  • lights
  • luminescences
  • lusters
  • lustres
  • meanings
  • moonlights
  • paraphrases
  • polishes
  • pyrotechnics
  • radiances
  • rationales
  • rationalizations
  • rays
  • reasonings
  • reflections
  • restatements
  • road maps
  • rockets
  • scintillations
  • shafts
  • sheens
  • shimmers
  • shines
  • sparklers
  • sparkles
  • streaks
  • streams
  • sunbeams
  • sunlights
  • sunshines
  • translations
  • twinkles
  • warnings

karmas

  • airs
  • ambiances
  • ambiences
  • aromas
  • atmospheres
  • attributes
  • auras
  • aureolae
  • aureoles
  • characteristics
  • characters
  • climates
  • colors
  • feelings
  • feels
  • flavors
  • genius locis
  • haloes
  • halos
  • illusions
  • images
  • marks
  • moods
  • mystiques
  • nimbi
  • nimbuses
  • notes
  • notions
  • odors
  • overtones
  • patinae
  • patinas
  • peculiarities
  • pictures
  • properties
  • romances
  • semblances
  • sensations
  • senses
  • smells
  • spirits
  • suggestions
  • tempers
  • tones
  • traits
  • vibrations

navel

  • attraction
  • axis
  • base
  • capital
  • center
  • central
  • core
  • cynosure
  • deep
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • eye
  • focus
  • ground zero
  • happy hunting ground
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hive
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • kernel
  • loadstone
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • magnet
  • mecca
  • nerve center
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • omphalic
  • omphalos
  • pith
  • playground
  • playland
  • polestar
  • quintessence
  • seat
  • soul
  • thick
  • umbilical
  • umbilicate
  • umbilicated

nerve center

  • HQ
  • attraction
  • axis
  • base
  • capital
  • center
  • central
  • command post
  • control center
  • core
  • cynosure
  • deep
  • epicenter
  • esoteric reality
  • essence
  • eye
  • focal point
  • focus
  • ganglion
  • ground zero
  • happy hunting ground
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hive
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • inner reality
  • intrinsic reality
  • kernel
  • loadstone
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • magnet
  • mecca
  • navel
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • omphalos
  • pith
  • playground
  • playland
  • polestar
  • quintessence
  • seat
  • soul
  • switchboard
  • thick
  • vital center
  • vital principle

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