Now, all heads turn toward the dean, who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light.
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Halo
//ˈheɪloʊ//
Synonyms for "halo" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
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6 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
Translations
150 translations across 51 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- aureolë noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- brerore noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἅλως noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Arabic
1 entries- هَالَة noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Armenian
1 entries- բակ noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Basque
1 entries- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ареола noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- ореол noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- ореол noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
Catalan
1 entries- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 圓光 /圆光 noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- 暈 /晕 noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Czech
2 entries- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- svatozář noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Danish
2 entries- glorie noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Dutch
4 entries- aura noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
- aureool noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- aureool noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Esperanto
4 entries- aŭreolo noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- haloo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- haloo noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- nimbo noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Estonian
1 entries- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Finnish
4 entries- auringonkehä noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- halo noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- kehä noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
French
4 entries- auréole noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- halo noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- nimbe noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Galician
1 entries- cerco noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
German
3 entries- Halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- Heiligenschein noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- Nimbus noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
Greek
4 entries- άλως noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- άλως noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- δόξα noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- φωτοστέφανο noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Hindi
4 entries- उपसूर्यक noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- तेजोमंडल noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- परिधि noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- परिवेश noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Hungarian
2 entries- glória noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- haló noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Icelandic
1 entries- geislabaugur noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Indonesian
1 entries- nimbus noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Ingrian
1 entries- sappi noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Irish
1 entries- bogha noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Italian
4 entries- alone noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- alone noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- alone noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
- aura noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
Japanese
3 entries- 円光 noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- 暈 noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- 輪っか noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Korean
1 entries- 무리 noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Latvian
1 entries- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Lithuanian
1 entries- halas noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Marathi
1 entries- तेजोवलय noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Māori
3 entries- amaia noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- āwheo noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- āwheo noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Navajo
2 entries- bináʼástłééʼ noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- bináʼástłééʼ noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- glorie noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- glorie noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Persian
4 entries- شادورد noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- شایورد noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- هاله noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- هاله noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
Polish
4 entries- aureola noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- aureola noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- aureola noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
- gloria noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Portuguese
4 entries- auréola noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- auréola noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- auréola noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- auréola noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
Romanian
3 entries- aureolă noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- nimb noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Russian
4 entries- гало́ noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- нимб noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- орео́л noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- орео́л noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मण्डल noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- fàinne-solais noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- fàinne-solais noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- fàinne-solais noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- nimbus noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- oreol noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- svetokrug noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Slovak
1 entries- žiara noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Spanish
4 entries- aureola noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- halo noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- nimbo noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Swedish
3 entries- aura noun (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment)
- gloria noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- halo noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Tagalog
1 entries- palaba noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Telugu
1 entries- పరిధి noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
Turkish
4 entries- ayla noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- ağıl noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- hale noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- hale noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
Ukrainian
2 entries- німб noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- орео́л noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hào quang noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- hào quang noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
Welsh
4 entries- eurgylch noun (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- lleugylch noun (atmospheric phenomenon)
- lleugylch noun (anything resembling the phenomenon)
- eurgylchu verb (encircle with a halo)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Saints are always depicted with a halo over their heads.
Source: tatoeba (1405933)
Tom hit the dirty floor of the garage with a soft thud, a pool of blood surrounding his head like a halo.
Source: tatoeba (2694742)
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
Source: tatoeba (3012529)
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