Synonyms of skies

skies

noun

plural of sky

1

as in heavens

the expanse of air surrounding the earth

the sky usually looks deep blue on a bright clear day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavens
• blues
• skylines
• firmaments
• highs
• horizons
• welkins
• midairs

2

as in blisses

a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death

a belief that warriors felled in battle will be raised to the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavens
• blisses
• paradises
• glories
• above
• Zions
• nirvanas
• kingdom comes
• elysian fields
• Elysiums
• New Jerusalems
• empyreans
• promised lands
• Valhallas
• otherworlds
• happy hunting grounds
• afterlives
• afterworlds
• hereafters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hells
• infernos
• perditions
• underworlds
• limbos
• Gehennas
• netherworlds
• Pandemoniums
• abysses
• purgatories
• pits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skies

With many fearful for their safety as US bombs fell from Iran’s nighttime skies with no warning, there was far more open hostility on the street. — Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Highs are forecast to fall to 89 on Sunday, 80 on Monday and 84 on Tuesday, before climbing to 90 on Wednesday under sunny skies, 94 on Thursday and 93 on Friday. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026

The dark skies coming this week will be a fabulous time to photograph nightscapes, including the Milky Way, but composition is everything. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026

This follows recent vivid auroras on July 3-4, and a new moon on July 14 will provide darker skies. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

George Rill, 92 — Hampstead George Rill was painting his door Tuesday afternoon, as gray skies and humidity set in again. — Gabriella Fine, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026

Twenty minutes before showtime, the skies blackened, the tents billowed and the decorations went airborne. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Many Americans didn’t let the sweltering heat or stormy skies stop their party. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Then as skies darkened, fireworks began lighting the skies everywhere. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026