Synonyms of spheres

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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

Butter yellow French tips cut away to reveal sheer spheres of apricot jam. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 June 2026

The key turned out to be the very weird geometry of high-dimensional spheres. — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026

Then, simply add your ice spheres to a large bowl, wine bucket, or even your kitchen sink, and pop your bottled beverages inside. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026

Stephen worked at Weber Brothers Metal Works at the time, welding half spheres together to make buoys. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

His goal, ultimately, is to bring together disparate groups of people from different spheres in a space everyone will feel comfortable in. — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

To determine the velocities of both spheres after collision, physicists use the fact that the total energy and momentum are the same before and after the collision. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 June 2026

Tradition of separation The idea of separate spheres of spiritual and secular functions and authority was advanced by religious and secular thinkers to benefit both religion and the state. — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

More than 160 years earlier, Galileo's telescopic observations had revealed mountains, valleys, and craters on the lunar surface, overturning the ancient notion that heavenly bodies were perfect spheres. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 July 2026