Synonyms for atmosphere
ˈæt məsˌfɪərat·mos·phere

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1. atmospherenoun

   The mood or feeling in a situation.

   Synonyms:
   mood, air, ambiance, feeling

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. atmosphere, ambiance, ambiencenoun

   a particular environment or surrounding influence

   "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

   Synonyms:
   ambience, air, standard pressure, atm, standard atmosphere, aura, ambiance, atmospheric state

2. standard atmosphere, atmosphere, atm, standard pressurenoun

   a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

   Synonyms:
   ambience, air, automatic teller machine, automated teller, automatic teller, standard pressure, automated teller machine, asynchronous transfer mode, standard atmosphere, cash machine, cash dispenser, atm, aura, ambiance, atmospheric state

3. atmosphere, airnoun

   the mass of air surrounding the Earth

   "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"

   Synonyms:
   tune, airwave, melody, atmospheric state, atm, standard pressure, strain, melodic line, gentle wind, zephyr, breeze, standard atmosphere, aviation, air, line, aura, ambiance, melodic phrase, air travel, ambience

4. atmosphere, atmospheric statenoun

   the weather or climate at some place

   "the atmosphere was thick with fog"

   Synonyms:
   ambience, air, standard pressure, atm, standard atmosphere, aura, ambiance, atmospheric state

5. atmospherenoun

   the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

   Synonyms:
   ambience, air, standard pressure, atm, standard atmosphere, aura, ambiance, atmospheric state

6. air, aura, atmospherenoun

   a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing

   "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"

   Synonyms:
   tune, airwave, melody, atmospheric state, aureole, standard pressure, strain, melodic line, gentle wind, zephyr, breeze, standard atmosphere, glory, aviation, air, gloriole, atm, nimbus, line, aura, ambiance, halo, melodic phrase, air travel, ambience

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Gas
   • Pressure Unit
   • Quality

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. environment

   means the background and environment

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

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1. atmospherenoun

   Synonyms:
   air

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1. List of paraphrases for "atmosphere":

   climate, atmospheric, mood, air, environment, ambience, ambiance, ju, sentiment

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1. Daniel Morgan:

   After these nine years, it has a family reunion atmosphere, i’ve used the term ‘Project Healing Waters family,’ and nowhere is that more true than at the 2-Fly Tournament.

2. Janice Caffary:

   We really do like the crew - it's a family atmosphere.

3. Amy Simon:

   If you think back to the original Voyager pictures of Uranus, it was just kind of a pale blue ball with nothing on it. You didn’t see clouds, you didn’t see haze, you didn’t see anything … so there was a polar cap then, but we couldn’t see it, what we’ve been watching over time (using Hubble), is this buildup of this high-altitude haze in the atmosphere, and the exact purpose or the exact mechanism behind it, we don’t know, that’s one of the things we’re studying.

4. Matthew Kacsmaryk:

   I just want to make very clear, people who experience a same-sex attraction are not responsible individually or solely for the atmosphere of the sexual revolution, you know it. It’s a long time coming. It came after no-fault divorce. It came after we implemented very permissive policies on contraception. The sexual revolution has gone through several phases. We just happen to be at the phase now where same sex marriages is at the fore.

5. Noam Cartozo:

   I wanted to create a bit of atmosphere in the neighbourhood to help with all of that.