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 team was also able to deploy an additional set of light sensors on an aircraft that flew in Vermont, where the skies were clearer. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Under dark skies, expect 60 to 100 meteors per hour, including bright fireballs. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

But Skyfall will be more capable than Ingenuity, whose main job was to show that choppers can explore the thin skies of Mars. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Back-to-school week The general forecast Monday through Thursday calls for mostly clear skies and highs around 90. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

But a couple of days before totality, the forecast showed cloudy skies on the day of the eclipse. — Lucie McCormick, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Multiple large wildfires continued to burn across eastern Oregon and Washington, and the massive amount of smoke coming from these wildfires is also bringing hazy skies and impacting air quality in parts of the Northwest. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

For a sense of Nordic style in the skies, look no further than Finnair’s premium economy product. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026