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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1. • Earth
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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. Chad Wolf:

   This administration talks a lot about asylees and needing to protect individuals that are being persecuted, and I think of all the countries we see, at least in this hemisphere, except for maybe Venezuela, Cuba is probably the most oppressive government we have, so the question is why are they not allowing folks from Cuba to resettle in the U.S. like they are folks from Guatemala when the asylum claim from Cuba is likely greater.

2. Jeb Bush:

   And, given Florida's footprint in the Western Hemisphere.

3. Tom Alweendo:

   There is a feeling from developing countries that somehow the resources that were used to develop the Western Hemisphere are suddenly now not the right thing to do and we need to do something else.

4. Barack Obama:

   Today, America chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past, so as to reach for a better future for the Cuban people, for the American people, for our entire hemisphere and for the world.

5. Nick Clegg:

   If the West doesn't engage with this question quickly and emphatically, it may be that it isn't ours to answer. The common rules created in our hemisphere can become the example the rest of the world follows.