heavens

NOUN

air

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atmosphere breeze wind

STRONG

blast draft ozone puff sky stratosphere troposphere ventilation waft whiff zephyr

WEAK

breath

NOUN

atmosphere

Synonyms

STRONGEST

air pressure

STRONG

envelope sky troposphere

WEAK

substratosphere

NOUN

distance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

area gap length orbit radius scope separation size space span stretch width

STRONG

absence ambit amplitude bit breadth compass expanse extension extent farness hinterland horizon lapse objective outpost outskirts provinces purlieu purview reach remoteness remove sky spread sweep way

WEAK

country mile far piece good ways

Antonyms

STRONGEST

height

WEAK

affection friendliness sympathy warmth

NOUN

remoteness

Synonyms

STRONG

absence ambit amplitude area bit breadth compass expanse extension extent farness gap hinterland horizon lapse length objective orbit outpost outskirts provinces purlieu purview radius reach remove scope separation size sky space span spread stretch sweep way width

WEAK

country mile far piece good ways

Antonyms

STRONG

height

NOUN

sky

Synonyms

STRONG

azure empyrean firmament lid vault welkin

WEAK

celestial sphere the blue upper atmosphere vault of heaven wild blue yonder

Antonyms

WEAK

earth ocean

NOUN

welkin

Synonyms

STRONG

blast breath breeze draft firmament heaven ozone puff sky stratosphere troposphere ventilation waft whiff wind zephyr

Antonyms

STRONG

hell

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According to Rodgers, early astronomers "built a huge amount of data about the heavens which would subsequently be used for things that they had never thought about," he said.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The work suggests Dante recognized meteors as real geological forces at a time when Aristotelian beliefs still portrayed the heavens as perfect and unchanging.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Thank heavens, it was too soon to say goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Outside a Milan hospital, Umberto Marcucci told reporters he was "thanking the heavens" that his son Manfredi -- one of four Italians being treated at the hospital -- made it out alive.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

For a time it was the brightest object in the heavens, other than the sun and the moon, brighter even than Venus.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

heavens

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