SUNS Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

suns

noun

plural of sun

as in galaxies

a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light the incomprehensible vastness of a universe filled with billions of suns

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as in sunrises

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance I'm afraid that for this long trip we shall have to leave with the sun

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as in glories

public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement Olympians basking in the sun of athletic achievement while the public still remembers them

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Recent Examples of suns Along my walkway and all over my neighborhood, nasturtium flowers are opening like bright orange suns, fragrant lavender is attracting buzzing bees, and rosemary bushes are beginning to brighten with baby blue flowers. —

Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026 Its star-making factories, once churning out millions of suns, grind to a halt. —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Their results, published today in Nature Astronomy, show that the black hole’s jets move at about half the speed of light and carry about 10 percent of the total energy released by infalling matter—equivalent to the power output of 10,000 suns. —

Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 On the walls, some embossed with seashells, are moon carvings and brass suns, glossy lacquer minibars in baby blues and oxblood reds, and wonky puzzle piece doorknobs. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026 Astronomers have observed suns forming within the shells of Wolf-Rayet stars, Dwarkadas said. —

James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 2 Mar. 2026 The bright star is so large that more than 400 million suns could fit inside of it. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026 The exhibit combines ultra-high-definition images taken by the James Webb Telescope with giant models of the planets and suns. —

Heather McRea, Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026 Called Mickey’s Island Escapade, it’s marked by Lilly’s signature suns, palm trees, and ocean motifs, as well as playful touches like giraffes and Mickey enjoying fun times in the sunshine with his sweetheart. —

Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025

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To get to the bottom of things, though, the team behind the new research examined the host galaxies and environments of LFBOTs to try to pin down what the progenitors of these explosive events could really be.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Yet the outcome of the big bang was somehow a tiny sliver more matter than antimatter—all the galaxies, dust and living things in the universe belong to this minuscule excess.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026