BELLES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

belles

noun

plural of belle

as in peaches

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Noun

Summerland — a farming community that grows cherries, peaches and apples, and also boasts some vineyards — is in a mountainous area where past wildfires have occurred.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
The amount of canning peaches processed this year is expected to drop 29%, or roughly 61,000 tons, compared to last year, according to Pacific Coast Producers, the only major buyer and processor of California cling peaches left in the state.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of peaches

Noun

Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?

— Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025

Definition of charmers

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Her method for transforming your summer beauties into lasting fall and holiday decor is straightforward, requiring just a few simple steps.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
California naturalist John Muir compared the two valleys’ beauties, but that was before Hetch Hetchy Valley was transformed by the O’Shaughnessy Dam into a massive reservoir.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of beauties

Noun

The Plateau of the Muses, meanwhile, takes its name from the nine goddesses associated with the arts and sciences.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Homer’s hero has extramarital affairs with goddesses Circe and Calypso — the latter of whom traps him and forces him to sleep with her each night for seven years.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 July 2026

Definition of goddesses

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Clean water and advanced medicine, for example, are now commonplace across much of the developed world despite once being a luxury even kings and queens couldn’t reliably access.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore Crown Levy and Fattore the queens of hockey romance.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

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