as in heavenly
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
movie scenes depicting life after death are usually accompanied by celestial music
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Recent Examples of celestial
The team's new calculations focus on predicting when the universe's most enduring celestial objects — the glowing remnants of dead stars such as white dwarfs and neutron stars — will ultimately fade away.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 May 2025
The Constellation Carousel lets visitors ride the Milky Way aboard celestial lions, dragons, peacocks and bears.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
That impressive discovery—which earned the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics—has since become commonplace, with researchers regularly detecting gravitational waves from myriad far-distant celestial sources.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
In another, Bronson, 78, stands by the shore wearing nothing but a celestial crown.
—Nick Haramis, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 May 2025
The Constellation Carousel lets visitors ride the Milky Way aboard celestial lions, dragons, peacocks and bears.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
That impressive discovery—which earned the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics—has since become commonplace, with researchers regularly detecting gravitational waves from myriad far-distant celestial sources.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
In another, Bronson, 78, stands by the shore wearing nothing but a celestial crown.
—Nick Haramis, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for celestial
Adjective
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Just hold your fist at arm’s length, and about two and a half of your fist-widths to the right of Arcturus is where to start looking for the heavenly hair.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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Perhaps heavenly father is looking down upon us, after all.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The title cut is a slow and low cruising anthem with angelic backing vocals.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
7 May 2025
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And then all of a sudden [raises his arms, sings angelic note].—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Expect to see a lot of blissful guests partaking in the sweet life here this summer, doing nothing and enjoying everything.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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No one should stand in the way of such a blissful golden years relationship.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Celestial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celestial. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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