skies

[skahyz] / skaɪz /

NOUN

earth's atmosphere

Synonyms

STRONG

azure empyrean firmament heavens lid vault welkin

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

earth

Example Sentences

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Hours earlier, a rocket being tested by Jeff Bezos’s space company dramatically exploded on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., lighting up the skies for miles around Florida’s Space Coast late Thursday.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

And on the theme of "pursuit of new horizons," there are artifacts from two pathfinding women who took to the skies.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The clearer evening skies gave scientists an opportunity that had previously been impossible with older telescopes such as Hubble.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Cloudier skies are likely to keep temperatures at around the low 20s at best.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Hesterfowl’s beady eyes darkened, a storm rolling over her expression—the kind of green-black skies that sent squirrels and insects fleeing for cover.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman