Words Like NIMBUS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to NIMBUS.
7 Alternative Words Similar to nimbus
10 definitions of nimbus
1
A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See aureola, and glory, n., 5.
2
A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
3
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
4
a dark grey cloud bearing rain
5
A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.
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A radiant light that appears usually in the form of a circle or halo about or over the head in the representation of a god, demigod, saint, or sacred person such as a king or an emperor.
7
A splendid atmosphere or aura, as of glamour, that surrounds a person or thing.
8
A rain cloud, especially a low dark layer of clouds such as a nimbostratus.
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A cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling; a rain-cloud. See cloud .
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In art and Christian archæol., a halo or disk of light surrounding the head in representations of divine or sacred personages; also, a disk or circle sometimes depicted in early times round the heads of emperors and other great men.