Synonyms of spheres

spheres 1 of 2

noun

plural of sphere

1

as in globes

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
• fiefdoms
• bailiwicks
• confines
• fiefs
• firmaments
• lines
• baronies
• professions
• pursuits
• demesnes
• frontiers
• dimensions
• scopes
• vocations
• occupations
• turfs
• rackets
• amplitudes
• reaches
• compasses
• subfields
• widths
• ambits
• breadths
• subspecialties
• extents
• sweeps
• turves
• sub-specialties
• 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
• supernovae
• dwarves
• constellations
• supernovas
• superclusters
• lodestars
• variable stars
• novae
• white dwarfs
• red giants
• neutron stars
• quasars
• novas
• pulsars
• binary stars
• giant stars
• supergiants
• fixed stars
• red stars
• loadstars
• brown dwarfs
• subdwarfs
• red dwarfs
• gassers
• dwarfs
• brown dwarves

spheres

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sphere

as in balls

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spheres

Verb

Kirk's death sent shockwaves through social and political spheres, with many conservatives mourning the death of the commentator and TV personality, including Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who fought back tears on air upon covering news that Kirk had died. —Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025

The room is filled with light-weight silver spheres which swirl through the air around guests like a tornado. —Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

While the former depuffs and brightens the under-eye region on days when you’re deprived of zzzs, the latter takes advantage of orange peptides, pomegranate spheres, and hyaluronic acid to further smooth the skin. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025

In 2008 and 2016, the company released sets that were full spheres. —Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025

His judicial reach has extended deep into Brazil's political and digital spheres, with sweeping orders to block social media accounts linked to the January 2023 insurrection, sanctions against X (formerly Twitter), and criminal referrals for digital disinformation campaigns. —Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

This would point any nefarious civilization in the direction of the aforementioned Dyson spheres, probably. —Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025

The technique usually relies on hollow glass spheres, polystyrene beads, aluminum flakes, or synthetic granules with special optical coatings to enhance the reflection of light. —Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025

During the team’s experiments, the tower-like cluster of spheres was held nearly motionless, marking a potentially significant step for quantum sensor development. —Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025