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
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
higher mathematics is a little outside my sphere
Synonyms & Similar Words
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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spheres
Noun
-
The scrapping of two new balls in ODIs is expected, while a handful of boards are pushing for the revival of the 13-team ODI Super League.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025 -
It will be redeveloped, probably to accommodate people who can hit a bucket of balls and have an appletini and some calamari before retiring to their new townhome.—
David Petitti,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
This means such lunar areas would present fewer technical challenges for accessing local resources compared to the more extreme conditions at the moon's crater-riddled poles, the researchers say.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
-
The researchers found that temperatures at the spacecraft's landing site fluctuated dramatically, even among areas that are very close to each other.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
However, the image ended up being so deep—and revealed so many galaxies—that some of the individual objects began to merge and become indistinguishable from each other.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
-
As one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, about 210,000 light years away according to NASA, the SMC allowed the research team to identify and track roughly 7,000 massive stars within it.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
And so the entire experience was designed to help people understand what these three realms mean to them.—
Charles Moss,
SPIN,
23 Dec. 2024
-
In these realms, Archaea—microorganisms similar to, but evolutionarily distinct from, bacteria—thrive.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
Ju Ji-Hoon stars as Jung Won-Young, the enigmatic owner of the titular light shop, located at the end of a foreboding dark alley.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
-
While the artwork paints a nostalgic portrait of the era, the true stars of the show are the machines that roared through history and put countless manufacturers, drivers, and race teams on the map.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
Balancing Safety With Efficiency Agentic architectures are seen as the future in highly sensitive and dynamic environments, such as healthcare or autonomous vehicles because these domains require specialized knowledge and decision-making skills that can’t be covered by large generic models.—
Julius Černiauskas,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
-
This issue might have nightmarish consequences in such sensitive domains as medicine, defense or law enforcement.—
Julius Černiauskas,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Last July, the Unified Government voted to adopt a revenue-neutral budget, forgoing more than $14 million in potential property tax revenue and resulting in budget cuts across government departments and programs.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2025
-
Despite this, individual departments are the ultimate arbiter of these return-to-office exceptions.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Spheres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheres. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share