empyreal

em·py·re·al

adj
\ˌem-ˌpī-ˈrē-əl, -pə-; em-ˈpir-ē-əl, -ˈpī-rē-\

Definition of EMPYREAL

1

: of or relating to the empyrean : celestial

2

: sublime

Examples of EMPYREAL

1. <a painting depicting the Deity as seated on an empyreal throne surrounded by saints and angels>

Origin of EMPYREAL

Late Latin empyrius, empyreus, from Late Greek empyrios, from Greek em- ²en- + pyr fire

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to EMPYREAL

Synonyms: elysian, celestial, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, supernal

Antonyms: chthonic (also chthonian), hellish, infernal, plutonian, sulfurous, Tartarean

Related Words: supernatural, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unworldly; angelic (or angelical), beatific, blissful; Olympian, paradisiacal (or paradisiac), utopian; cosmic (also cosmical), galactic, stellar

Near Antonyms: earthly, mundane, terrestrial, worldly; anti-utopian, dystopian

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Rhymes with EMPYREAL

epigeal, gonorrheal, hymeneal, laryngeal, marmoreal, phalangeal, pharyngeal