GLORIES Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of glory

as in accolades

public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement the theater director gave the stage crew all the glory for the successful production

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as in treasures

an asset that brings praise or renown the new art museum has become the glory of the college campus

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as in aureoles

an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage an altarpiece depicting God seated on His throne and bathed in celestial glory

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glories

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verb

present tense third-person singular of glory

as in delights

to feel or express joy or triumph the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series

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Recent Examples of glories

Noun

His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq. —

Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 But, mostly, city dwellers are deprived of the true glories of the season. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 The president spent much of his confounding talk, little more than a collection of soundbites, really, on the glories of his limited accomplishments these past few weeks. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 China’s past glories may be recast as part of an extended narrative of dominance, and America’s eight-decade reign may come to be regarded as a mere blip. —

Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 The showstopper was a two-and-a-half-pound horsehair crab, one of the glories of Hokkaido's coastal waters, presented whole and then steamed and shelled. —

Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026 And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026 His joy to witness and contribute to its glories. —

Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026 Yates also agreed that the Chinese see a blueprint for their future in their past glories. —

Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026

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And that’s a career defined by three Super Bowl titles, and more than enough accolades to end up with a bronze bust in Canton one day.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The choice of San Diego as the awards location isn’t necessarily an indication that special accolades will be awarded to local restaurants this year.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026