Entry Word: aura

Function: noun

Meaning: a special quality or impression associated with something <the monastery perched high on a mountaintop had an aura of unreality and mystery about it>

Synonyms air, atmosphere, climate, flavor, mood, note, temper

Related Words feel, feeling, sensation, sense, spirit; attribute, character, characteristic, image, mark, notion, peculiarity, picture, property, trait; color, illusion, overtone, semblance, suggestion, tone