Aureole synonyms
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A faintly colored luminous ring appearing to surround a celestial body (such as the Moon or Sun) that is visible through a haze or thin cloud, caused by diffraction of light from suspended matter in the intervening medium.
A ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon, or other luminous body: it results from the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere
A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.
A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity:
contact-metamorphism (related)
Metamorphism in which the mineralogy and texture of a body of rock are changed by exposure to the pressure and extreme temperature associated with a body of intruding magma. Contact metamorphism often results in the formation of valuable minerals, such as garnet and emery, through the interaction of the hot magma with adjacent rock.
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Find another word for aureole. In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for aureole, like: corona, halo, aura, nimbus, glory, gloriole and contact-metamorphism.