Synonyms of skies

skies

noun

plural of sky

1

as in heavens

the expanse of air surrounding the earth

the sky usually looks deep blue on a bright clear day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavens
• blues
• skylines
• firmaments
• highs
• horizons
• welkins
• midairs

2

as in blisses

a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death

a belief that warriors felled in battle will be raised to the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavens
• blisses
• paradises
• glories
• above
• Zions
• nirvanas
• kingdom comes
• elysian fields
• Elysiums
• New Jerusalems
• empyreans
• promised lands
• Valhallas
• otherworlds
• happy hunting grounds
• afterlives
• afterworlds
• hereafters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hells
• infernos
• perditions
• underworlds
• limbos
• Gehennas
• netherworlds
• Pandemoniums
• abysses
• purgatories
• pits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skies

Air advocates used this year's Clean Air Day to encourage more people to cut back on driving and help clear Sacramento's skies. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

At that point, the film pivots to a more surreal register, presenting bright, clear skies that are slowly, eerily engulfed in darkness. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Highs in the Kansas City area will be in the low to mid-80s under sunny skies. — Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Rooms The 149 guestrooms and 37 suites come alive in interiors inspired by ocean waves and the dusky skies of the Hollywood Hills, so the palette is moody, the finishes are polished, but nothing whispers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Its maximum duration of totality is only 4% shorter than 2009, but this time some of the longest totality occurs over land — and beneath some of the most reliably clear skies on Earth. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

The six-rotor drones, which will initially take to the skies in Northern California, are capable of carrying a package the size and weight of 80% of the typical orders that DoorDash delivers from restaurants. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Scenes from Renaissance paintings and starry night skies alike fill the room while classical music sets the mood. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026