HOURIS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

houris

noun

plural of houri

as in beauties

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Noun

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

Noun

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

Definition of queens

Noun

The analysis examined how many lookers pursued both living options across 50 large metropolitan areas, as well as a national benchmark.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The more renowned the art, the greater the number of clueless lookers, joyless collectors, donors in search of tax breaks, and steroidal museums.

— Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Definition of lookers

Noun

The workshops include all ingredients and participants learn skills such as cutting and folding meats, placement and spacing for jams and honeys.

— Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Many of them had just come home from the war and were reunited with honeys who had been waiting, hoping, delaying.

— Joe Klein, Washington Post, 11 June 2026

Definition of honeys

Noun

Megan Thee Stallion, June Squibb, those Ragtime cuties, and, somehow, Lea Michele all got in on the fun, while Rose Byrne and Nathan Lane were just happy to be taking it all in from the first few rows.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 June 2026
The 10-month-old beat out more than 100,000 other cuties to win the title.

— Riley Moser, CBS News, 3 June 2026

Definition of cuties

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