halos

noun

variants or haloes
plural of halo
1
as in auras
a special quality or impression associated with something the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked

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2
as in glories
an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage a naturalistic depiction of Saint Peter that shows him as a humble fisherman and without the traditional halo

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Recent Examples of halos Historically, shoppers relied on design strategies — halos, clusters and chunkier settings — to create the illusion of size. — Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 20 May 2026 Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos. — Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 4 May 2026 Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 Chinese lanterns hover above their heads like red halos. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Hence, physicists have inferred that galaxies are embedded with vast haloes of dark matter that extend far beyond their haloes of stars. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2026 The negative space design keeps them feeling modern and chic, letting the gemstone halos and metallic foil really shine. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026 Thick, undulating braids waving across the crown of her head and a swirled, slicked down baby curl, with finer braids fanning out like interconnecting halos. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025 When the assassin first meets with Weaver’s character at a restaurant, the circular lighting fixtures, in conjunction with how Hirsch Whitaker frames them, suggests angelic halos floating above the criminals’ heads — fitting (if a bit obvious) in the story of a bad guy trying to do the right thing. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halos
  1. auras
  2. glories
  3. atmospheres
Noun
  • Bubblegum pink nails with strawberry auras are fit for a day at the fair.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • These characters have been somewhat thinly drawn despite the vibrant auras of Joy Sunday and Richard Jenkins since the beginning.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of auras
Noun
  • Both of them have erotic fixations with that original Miasma, which requires stepping back into the movie — and the glories of the disreputable genre itself.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Giants had past champs like Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning and Michael Strahan to sell Harbaugh on the glories of winning it all in New York.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of glories
Noun
  • At the end of the day, both conferences feature great fanbases, historic, iconic venues, outstanding crowd atmospheres and elite, blue blood programs.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists have observed this instability pattern in lake and ocean waves, cloud formation and the atmospheres of large gaseous planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of atmospheres

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“Halos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halos. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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