Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "sphere" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

cube

Derived Terms

Alexander horned sphere Bloch sphere Debye sphere Dyson sphere Hill sphere Hubble sphere Klerksdorp sphere Riemann sphere armillary sphere asphere circumsphere conisphere crystal sphere demisphere diving sphere ensphere exotic sphere fold sphere halfsphere hemisphere homology sphere hypersphere icosasphere intersphere macrosphere microsphere midsphere minisphere multisphere nanosphere negasphere nonsphere oblique sphere photon sphere polysphere pseudosphere public sphere pedagogy semisphere skysphere sphere of influence sphere of interest sphere of knowledge sphere packing sphere-yeast sphereing sphereless spherelike spheric spherics spherification spherify spherite spherium spherize spherocylindrical spheromak sphery sublunary sphere subsphere supersphere undersphere unit sphere unsphere

Context

astronomy geometry historical logic mathematics mythology

Has Property

3 dimensional round

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

artefact artifact aspect environment facet geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region round shape surface

Type Of (IsA)

artifact environment geographical area object round shape spheroid spheroidal solid surface three dimensional circle three dimensional geometric shape three dimensional shape

Related Terms

Mathworld article on the sphere PlanetMath article on the sphere atmosphere ball hemisphere magnetosphere mul:S n-sphere planisphere spherical spheroid

Related Terms

atmosphere ball ball shape circle circular circular shape cross section cube diameter dimensional dimensional orb dimensions domain earth ensphere euclidean space geometric geometric round geometric shape geometry geometry shape globe god heavenly body hemisphere hero ionosphere mathematics music of spheres object orb perfect planetmath 186 planisphere province round round ball round object round shape shape spherical spheroid stratosphere three three dimensional three dimensions trigonometric functions troposphere volume volume shape

Synonym Network

3 sphere area ball celestial body celestial sphere sector

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.