halo
halo is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
- 3.A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
- 4.To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abatement
- abridge
- abridgment
- and
- anticlimax
- attenuate
- away
- bate
- coarctation
- contract
- contraction
- crumble
- decay
- declension
- decline
- decrease
- decreasing
- decrement
- depreciate
- depreciation
- dequantitate
- descend
- descent
- deterioration
- die
- diminish
- diminution
- discount
- drop
- dwarf
- ebb
- extenuate
- extenuation
- fall
- fine
- fritter
- head
- hide
- into
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is halo.
- What is 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 called?
- What is an ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object called?
- What is a colored circle around a nipple; an areola called?
- What is to form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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