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synonyms for nebulosity

  • darkness
  • fog
  • gloom
  • mist
  • puff
  • smog
  • smoke
  • steam
  • vapor
  • veil
  • billow
  • dimness
  • film
  • fogginess
  • frost
  • haze
  • haziness
  • murk
  • nebula
  • obscurity
  • overcast
  • pother
  • rack
  • scud
  • sheep
  • smother
  • thunderhead
  • brume
  • mare's tail
  • ol' buttermilk sky
  • pea soup
  • woolpack
On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nebulosity, such as: darkness, fog, gloom, mist, puff, and smog.

antonyms for nebulosity

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  • brightness
  • cognizance
  • light
  • understanding
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How to use nebulosity in a sentence

It answers in fact fully to the E. word rack, Indicating atmospheric nebulosity; hence Ragnarok is very approp.
THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND SIGFUSSON; AND THE YOUNGER EDDAS OF SNORRE STURLESONSAEMUND SIGFUSSON AND SNORRE STURLESON
By going back as far as possible, we thus arrive at a nebulosity so diffused that its existence could hardly be suspected.
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, VOLUME 3(OF 5)HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS
There are bristling comets, they are like the skins of beasts with their hair on, and are surrounded by a nebulosity.
ASTRONOMICAL MYTHSJOHN F. BLAKE
A later writer on astronomy said that the substance of the nebulosity and the tail is of almost inconceivable tenuity.
REMARKSBILL NYE
They ranged from a faint trace of extensive diffuse nebulosity to a nebulous star with a mere vestige of cloudiness.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCEWALTER LIBBY
Repeating the photographs at intervals, it was found that this nebulosity was rapidly changing in shape.
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERYHERBERT HALL TURNER
There are bristled comets; these resemble the skins of beasts with the fur on them, and are surrounded by a nebulosity.
ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURSCAMILLE FLAMMARION
Consequently he does not account for the existence of this "primitive nebulosity."
THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL THEOLOGYWILLIAM JACKSON
Prof. Barnard adds that the nebulosity is easily visible in a 12-inch telescope.
ASTRONOMICAL CURIOSITIESJ. ELLARD GORE
The most prominent phenomenon of this class is the change of diameter of the visible nebulosity.
OUTLINES OF A MECHANICAL THEORY OF STORMST. BASSNETT
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO NEBULOSITY

  • billow
  • brume
  • darkness
  • dimness
  • film
  • fog
  • fogginess
  • frost
  • gloom
  • haze
  • haziness
  • mare's tail
  • mist
  • murk
  • nebula
  • nebulosity
  • obscurity
  • ol' buttermilk sky
  • overcast
  • pea soup
  • pother
  • puff
  • rack
  • scud
  • sheep
  • smog
  • smoke
  • smother
  • steam
  • thunderhead
  • vapor
  • veil
  • woolpack
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.