Words Like HALO

We have put together a list of words that are similar to HALO.

11 Alternative Words Similar to halo

1 Aura Noun      Synonym Words Like Aura
2 Aureole Noun      Synonym Words Like Aureole
3 Nimbus Noun      Synonym Words Like Nimbus
4 Glory Noun      Synonym Words Like Glory
5 Gloriole Noun      Synonym Words Like Gloriole
6 Ring Noun      Synonym Words Like Ring
7 Light Noun      Synonym Words Like Light
8 Lightness Noun      Synonym Words Like Lightness
9 Areola Noun      Synonym Words Like Areola
10 Haloed Verb      Form Words Like Haloed
11 Haloing Verb      Form Words Like Haloing

1 examples of halo

1 a halo of smoke

10 definitions of halo

1 A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
2 A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
3 An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
4 A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
5 To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
6 a toroidal shape
7 a circle of light around the sun or moon
8 an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
9 A circular band of colored light around a light source, as around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light by ice particles suspended in the intervening atmosphere.
10 Something resembling this band.
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