Synonyms for halo
Definitions
- n. 1
nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- n. 2
A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- halos → nimbuses, glories, auras, aureoles…
Example sentences
- glory You can't appreciate the flies in all their glory.
- aura She was an intelligent woman with an erotic aura.
- nimbus Most precipitation comes from nimbus clouds.
- aureole The icon had a gold aureole on both Mary and Jesus.
- ring Her ring fell into a river and sank to the bottom.
- donut Tom helped himself to a cup of coffee and a donut.
By length
- 4 letters
- ring1, aura2
- 5 letters
- glory2, donut2
- 6 letters
- nimbus2
- 7 letters
- annulus, aureole3
- 8 letters
- gloriole
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aura2 = 2 syllables).