BELLES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

belles

noun

plural of belle

as in peaches

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Noun

Del Monte’s bankruptcy led to 50,000 tons of canning peaches without buyers in the Central Valley.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026
At the Farmers Market, breakfast is maybe three oranges, two apples, a basket of strawberries, half a melon and two peaches.

— Dinah Eng, Los Angeles Times, 21 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

Noun

One of the beauties of living in the Midwest is not having to go far for unique and exciting family getaways.

— Rashad Alexander August 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
These color-changing beauties only mate once in their entire lives, so the pressure is on to fend off the competition to find a female.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of beauties

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Not just state-of-the-art superbikes that look like Greek goddesses, but even something as rugged and exposed as the Honda Africa Twin comes for upwards of $15,000.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
The first exhibitions will trace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics, and modern cinema.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of goddesses

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The idea came from architect Hal Hayes, who was inspired bythe Great Pyramid of Giza, where a pharaoh built a row of smaller pyramids alongside it for his queens, as Hayes told the Fire Island Pines Historical Society.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Cabins come in four different configurations, with either one queen bed or two queens bunked on top of each other—the latter would be great for small families—and have a maximum capacity of four guests.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

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