blue-skied

Without any clouds

Blue-skied describes weather or a day with a clear, cloudless sky: a blue-skied morning perfect for hiking.

The word sometimes carries connotations of optimism or ideal conditions, extending the literal clarity of sky to figurative brightness: blue-skied promises of economic growth.

weather

sunny

Bright with daylight

fair · sunlit · radiant · azure · cerulean · brilliant · luminous · crisp · pristine · vivid

optimism

hopeful

Feeling positive expectation

unrealistic · speculative · fanciful · imaginative · aspirational · ambitious · pie-in-the-sky · utopian · starry-eyed · naive

Opposites
sky condition/weather appearance

blue-skiedovercast

Sky fully veiled

cloudy · stormy · leaden · gloomy · murky

mood/optimism (metaphorical extension)

blue-skiedgloomy

Dark and dispiriting

dark · pessimistic · troubled · ominous · foreboding

mood/atmosphere evoked

blue-skiedgloomy

Dark and dispiriting

dreary · bleak · somber · oppressive · foreboding

Family

blue, skies, blued, bluer, bluest, bluish, blues, bluing, blueness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G