SCIENCES Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

sciences

noun

plural of science

as in knowledges

a body of facts learned by study or experience the science of medicine grew tremendously in the course of the 19th century

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Recent Examples of sciences Warm ocean water fuels tropical cyclones, explains Kim Wood, an associate professor of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026 Atomic hydrogen’s unusual reactivity could potentially be useful in other areas of organic chemistry and, over the longer term, biological sciences. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Charting a Landscape In the 1940s, genetics and embryology were separate sciences; not everyone even believed that genes played a significant role in development. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Clinical, in-residence and adjunct professors are concentrated in the health sciences. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 El Niño is like dropping a rock in a pond, says Daniel Vimont, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 McLaughlin said giving students exposure to AI in both the arts and sciences is important. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 The district also plans to use the money for career-training facilities, including modern labs for fields such as health care and agricultural sciences. — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The urge to predictively steer the forces of chaos was evenly shared between practitioners of the sciences and the arts, neighbors within the space of the casino. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

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Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

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Regardless of one’s experience with the Tarot, this book offers profound, embodied wisdoms for creative and critical writers, artists, and activists.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.

— Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

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