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

The growing menace of drones crossing into Romania’s skies, many of which officials have blamed on Russia, prompted the NATO member to shoot down four drones this year, the first time since the war next door started. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

There will be periods of mostly sunny skies, but overall today will be mostly cloudy to partly cloudy. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Thomas Anthony, director of USC’s Aviation Safety and Security Program, said the AS350 B2 helicopter in Tuesday’s crash is not only a popular helicopter to see in the skies, but one that is typically very reliable. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

The vehicular accident on the ground that led the reporter and pilot to take to the skies involved Bailee Lynn Rios. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Aside from stray showers, most of Tuesday teases with sunny skies and drier air. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Two of the games take place over the skies of the nation’s capital. — Lou Kesten, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

When Kit takes her whole family out onto the lawn of her uncle’s country home to watch Halley’s Comet, Gharavi’s camera spins around the night skies and Simon Goff’s ethereal score soars. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Who could have guessed that their worst enemy would hail not from across the border but from the skies? — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026