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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash of light |
| Synonyms: | beam, brilliance, burst, flare, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiance |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, vigor |
| Synonyms: | ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor, force, ginger, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep, punch*, radiance, red heat, scintillation, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat, zeal, zing, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brilliance, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, brightness, coruscation, display, flash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle, zap |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great beauty |
| Synonyms: | brightness, brilliance, effulgence, fineness, gorgeousness, grandeur, luster, magnificence, majesty, pageantry, pomp, preciousness, radiance, resplendence, richness, splendor, sublimity, sumptuousness |
| Antonyms: | ugliness |
| 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: | halo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ring of light |
| Synonyms: | aura, aureola, aureole, aurora, corona, crown of light, glory, halation, nimbus, radiance |
| Main Entry: | illumination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light; making light |
| Synonyms: | beam, brightening, brightness, brilliance, flame, flash, gleam, lighting, lights, radiance, ray |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dimness |
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