Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aery
2 senses of aery
Sense 1
aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry -- (the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle))
=> bird's nest, bird nest, birdnest -- (nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young)
Sense 2
aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry -- (any habitation at a high altitude)
=> habitation -- (the native habitat or home of an animal or plant)
Antonyms of adj aery
1 sense of aery
Sense 1
aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal -- (characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms")
INDIRECT (VIA insubstantial) -> substantial, real, material -- (having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare)
Similarity of adj aery
1 sense of aery
Sense 1
aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal -- (characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms")
=> insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal -- (lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon")