Synonyms for hemisphere
ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪərhemi·spher·e

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.5 / 16 votes

1. hemispherenoun

   Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .

   Synonyms:
   cerebral hemisphere

2. hemispherenoun

   Synonyms:
   half sphere, half-sphere, celestial hemisphere, terrestrial hemisphere

3. hemispherenoun

   Synonyms:
   sphere

4. hemispherenoun

   Synonyms:
   planisphere

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 9 votes

1. hemispherenoun

   half of the terrestrial globe

   Synonyms:
   cerebral hemisphere

2. hemispherenoun

   half of a sphere

   Synonyms:
   cerebral hemisphere

3. hemisphere, cerebral hemispherenoun

   either half of the cerebrum

   Synonyms:
   cerebral hemisphere

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hemispherenoun

   Synonyms:
   half-globe, half-sphere

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hemisphere":

   hemispheric

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1. President Duque:

   I'm not going to enter into a dispute with President López Obrador, I have a good relationship with him. But maybe if we disagree on that, I respectfully disagree because I think this forum is not a forum for dictatorships to participate. It's clearly the value of democracy that has united the hemisphere, the Democratic Inter-American Charter that was signed on September 11, 2001, is the major achievement in diplomatic terms where we have rejected any form of autocracy in the hemisphere. So this was not a forum for autocrats. This is a forum for people who clearly embrace the value of democracy.

2. Vice President Joe Biden:

   The message that is coming out of the United States as a consequence of the presidential campaign about American attitudes, about Mexicans and Mexico generally, but the entire hemisphere and our place in the world, is disturbing.

3. Peter Bergen:

   Haiti's constitutional crisis failed to register with many Washington policymakers as well as those in the international community for far too long -- in part, thanks to the plethora of challenges already present in the Western Hemisphere, notwithstanding the President Joe Biden administration's claims to the contrary, the inattention of Peter Bergen policymakers in recent years has contributed to the country's rapid unraveling.

4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

   There is a greater than 90% chance that El Niño will continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, and around an 85% chance it will last into early spring 2016.

5. Marco Rubio:

   It was n’t State Department officials, State Department was n’t [ Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs ] Roberta Jacobson or John Kerry, it was National Security Council officials, you sent unqualified people to negotiate with hardened, brutal spies and representatives of tyrants... It was negotiated at a secretive level involving agencies under the complete control of the White House, as a political move …. And that mismatch is apparent in this sort of deal that was made.