Synonyms of light-years

light-years

noun

plural of light-year

as in worlds

a huge physical or conceptual distance

my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worlds
• galaxies
• ways
• long hauls
• country miles
• infinities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inches
• striking distances
• hairs
• hairbreadths
• stone's throws

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of light-years

The stars are located roughly 1,300 light-years away, in the Lambda Orionis star-forming molecular ring in the constellation of Orion, the Hunter. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The enormous columns of gas and dust sit inside the Eagle Nebula, about 6,500 light-years away, and stretch roughly five light-years. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

The celestial phenomenon, located in a galaxy roughly 115 million light-years from Earth, is the remnant of a dense ball of stars being slowly pulled apart by the gravity of its host galaxy. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Imagine a lion with the nose of a dying star, a mane of space dust and a habitat 10,000 light-years away from Earth. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

But, as with any franchise, some of these iterations are light-years better than others. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

Other star systems lie thousands and billions of light-years away, meaning that traveling the trans-Earth distance could take almost as long as the age of the universe itself. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

But thanks to quick coordination efforts around the world, an international research team recently spotted a star’s shock breakout about 500 million light-years from Earth. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026