Synonyms of spheres

spheres 1 of 2

noun

plural of sphere

1

as in balls

a more or less round body or mass

this sphere that we live on is just a tiny speck in the universe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• balls
• globes
• orbs
• beads
• circles
• rings
• chunks
• globules
• hunks
• spheroids
• eggs
• loops
• ovals
• lumps
• ellipses
• clumps
• rounds
• wads
• gobs
• nuggets
• rondures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blocks
• squares
• cubes
• rectangles

2

as in areas

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence

higher mathematics is a little outside my sphere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• areas
• realms
• domains
• departments
• fields
• kingdoms
• walks
• circles
• elements
• specialties
• terrains
• provinces
• territories
• disciplines
• arenas
• fronts
• games
• businesses
• precincts
• studies
• subjects
• confines
• fiefs
• firmaments
• lines
• fiefdoms
• bailiwicks
• professions
• pursuits
• frontiers
• dimensions
• baronies
• demesnes
• scopes
• occupations
• vocations
• rackets
• amplitudes
• reaches
• widths
• compasses
• subfields
• turfs
• ambits
• breadths
• extents
• sweeps
• subspecialties
• kens

3

as in galaxies

a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light

perhaps there is indeed life on planets circling spheres in galaxies far, far away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• galaxies
• stars
• clusters
• suns
• luminaries
• variables
• constellations
• supernovas
• superclusters
• variable stars
• neutron stars
• white dwarfs
• quasars
• pulsars
• red giants
• binary stars
• fixed stars
• supergiants
• giant stars
• red stars
• brown dwarfs
• lodestars
• dwarfs
• novas
• subdwarfs
• red dwarfs
• gassers

spheres

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sphere

as in rounds

Related Words

• balls
• rounds
• wads
• agglomerates
• pellets
• beads
• pearls
• rolls
• clumps
• lumps
• pelletizes
• bunches

Dissimilar Words

• spreads
• unfolds
• flattens
• unrolls
• opens
• smooths

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spheres

Noun

The researchers encapsulated three commercially available dyes in tiny spheres of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a transparent plastic also known as plexiglass. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Growers commonly use sticky traps, often tapes or red spheres that resemble ripening apples, along with chemical or food-based lures, to attract adult flies. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Or rather, an emotional problem that was managed through food and, consequently, a sense of the violence directed at obese bodies and all that this entails in various spheres. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Perfect circles, balls, spheres adrift somewhere in her imagination. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

The number of exotic spheres can also be calculated for all other dimensions, and this number can sometimes be very large. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Other doctrines like predestination (where some people are chosen for salvation and others are damned) have further broken the world into separate spheres. — Casper Ter Kuile, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

As Gu continues to chart her path through these interconnected spheres, her moves build toward the idea that range may be a new form of leadership. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026