firmament

Noun

Meaning

Fixed foundation; established basis.

The region of the air; the sky or heavens.

The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

empyrean sphere welkin heavens celestial sphere vault of heaven arcadia nirvana elysium zion bliss azure felicity fairyland wonderland
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Antonyms

ocean hell abyss sit trouble regret
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Hypernyms

surface

Phrases with the word

the firmament

Examples

China has entered a “third era” with President Xi Jinping placing himself in the same firmament as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Source: Internet

Contemporary Biblical cosmology reflects the same view of a flat, circular Earth swimming on water and overarched by the solid vault of the firmament to which are fastened the stars. Source: Internet

It appears again in Daniel Chapter 12 Verse 3, "The wise ones will shine like the radiance of the firmament". Source: Internet

For the face of the creature was now the face of the firmament, and its mane encircled all. Source: Internet

In the passage of time, the promiscuous appropriation of his creations and now Lovecraft’s canonization into the American literary firmament, some of the weirdness and danger is culturally softened. Source: Internet

The post-World War II scions of several of these families went to study law abroad, and they are prominent, not to mention wealthy, in Belize’s legal firmament – Courtenays, Barrows, Youngs, Elringtons, and so on and so forth. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

firm tofu firm up firm who arranges transactions firmament-wards firmamental firman