orb

The word “orb” has 1 syllable: orb

It's pronounced as /ɔːrb/


What is synonym and antonym for orb?

In the thesaurus, “orb” has 21 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for orb along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for orb

  • ball
  • bead
  • chunk
  • circle
  • clump
  • egg
  • ellipse
  • globe
  • globule
  • gob
  • hunk
  • loop
  • lump
  • nugget
  • oval
  • ring
  • rondure
  • round
  • sphere
  • spheroid
  • wad

Antonyms for orb

  • block
  • cube
  • rectangle
  • square

Meanings of orb

  • noun
    1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
    2. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
    3. A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
    4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
    5. The eye, as luminous and spherical.
    6. A revolving circular body; a wheel.
    7. A sphere of action.
    8. A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal power.
    9. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics)).
    10. A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
    11. A blank window or panel.
  • verb
    1. To form into an orb or circle.
    2. To become round like an orb.
    3. To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

Example Sentences

  • A glowing orb hovered silently above the forest.
  • The crystal orb was said to contain magical powers.
  • He held the golden orb as part of the coronation ceremony.
  • An eerie orb appeared in the photo taken at the old mansion.
  • The moon looked like a pale orb in the night sky.

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to orb, such as: ball, bead, block, chunk, circle, clump, cube.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • assets
  • ball
  • big bucks
  • blackland
  • bomb
  • bonanza
  • boodle
  • bread
  • bundle
  • capital
  • cash
  • chips
  • clay
  • clod
  • coast
  • colluvium
  • compost
  • continent
  • cosmos
  • creation
  • currency
  • deposit
  • detritus
  • dirt
  • dough
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  • duff
  • dust
  • fill
  • fortune
  • gault
  • glebe
  • gley
  • globe
  • gold
  • gook
  • gravel
  • ground
  • guck
  • gumbo
  • heap
  • humus
  • island
  • isthmus
  • jack
  • kaolin
  • land
  • landmass
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  • loam
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  • macrocosm
  • mainland
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  • means
  • megabucks
  • microcosm
  • microcosmos
  • mine
  • mint
  • mold
  • muck
  • mud
  • mull
  • nature
  • orb
  • packet
  • peat moss
  • pelf
  • peninsula
  • pile
  • planet
  • pot
  • property
  • riches
  • sand
  • sediment
  • shingle
  • shore
  • silt
  • sod
  • soil
  • sphere
  • subsoil
  • substratum
  • surface
  • tender
  • terra firma
  • terrain
  • terrane
  • topsoil
  • treasure trove
  • turf
  • universe
  • wad
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  • wealth
  • wherewithal
  • world
  • zone

ball

  • agglomerate
  • ammunition
  • apple
  • balloon
  • bead
  • blowout
  • bullet
  • bunch
  • cannonball
  • cap
  • cartridge
  • celebration
  • charge
  • chunk
  • circle
  • clump
  • cotillion
  • cotillon
  • dance
  • drop
  • dumdum
  • egg
  • ellipse
  • event
  • festival
  • festivity
  • fete
  • formal
  • gala
  • globe
  • globoid
  • globule
  • gob
  • gunshot
  • hoedown
  • hoodang
  • hop
  • hunk
  • jump
  • lead
  • load
  • loop
  • lump
  • mask
  • masque
  • masquerade
  • mingle
  • missile
  • mixer
  • nugget
  • orb
  • oval
  • party
  • pearl
  • pellet
  • pelletize
  • pill
  • pop
  • projectile
  • prom
  • promenade
  • reception
  • ring
  • roll
  • rondure
  • round
  • shell
  • shindig
  • shot
  • slug
  • soiree
  • sphere
  • spheroid
  • square dance
  • wad

ellipse

  • ambit
  • apogee
  • arc
  • arch
  • ball
  • bead
  • bend
  • bight
  • bow
  • camber
  • catenary
  • chord
  • chunk
  • circle
  • circlet
  • circuit
  • circumference
  • circumgyration
  • cirque
  • clump
  • compass
  • concavity
  • contour
  • course
  • crook
  • curlicue
  • curvation
  • curvature
  • curve
  • cycle
  • egg
  • festoon
  • flexure
  • globe
  • globule
  • gob
  • hairpin
  • half-moon
  • helix
  • horseshoe
  • hunk
  • hyperbola
  • incurvation
  • incurvature
  • lap
  • locus
  • loop
  • lump
  • meniscus
  • nugget
  • ogee
  • orb
  • oval
  • parabola
  • path
  • pattern
  • perigee
  • quirk
  • ring
  • ringlet
  • rondure
  • rotation
  • round
  • roundel
  • sinuosity
  • sphere
  • spheroid
  • sweep
  • swerve
  • track
  • trajectory
  • turn
  • vault
  • wad
  • whorl

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