Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness |
| Synonyms: | blaze, brilliance, dazzle, luster, radiance, splendor |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning, brightness |
| Synonyms: | afterglow, bloom, blossom, blush, brilliance, effulgence, flush, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, gusto, heat, incandescence, intensity, lambency, light, luminosity, passion, phosphorescence, radiance, ray, splendor, vividness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
| Synonyms: | aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
| Antonyms: | dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | luster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloss, shine |
| Synonyms: | afterglow, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, candescence, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, polish, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, shimmer, sparkle |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dullness, matte |
| Main Entry: | radiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, luminescence |
| Synonyms: | brilliance, effulgence, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, incandescence, light, luminosity, luster, resplendence, shine |
| Antonyms: | cloudiness, dark, dimness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | splendor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | radiance, glory |
| Synonyms: | brightness, brilliance, ceremony, dazzle, display, effulgence, gorgeousness, grandeur, luster, magnificence, majesty, pageant, pomp, refulgence, renown, resplendence, richness, show, solemnity, spectacle, stateliness, sumptuousness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, insignificance, ordinariness, poorness |
| Main Entry: | moonlight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moonshine |
| Synonyms: | effulgence, luminescence, radiance |
| Main Entry: | brilliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness |
| Synonyms: | blaze, brilliancy, effulgence, glitter, glow, luminosity, luster, radiance, shine, sparkle |
| Main Entry: | brilliancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness |
| Synonyms: | blaze, effulgence, glitter, glow, luminosity, luster, radiance, shine, sparkle |
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