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sunlit

[suhn-lit] / ˈsʌnˌlɪt /
ADJECTIVE
bright
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blazing brilliant dazzling flashing glistening glittering golden intense luminous radiant shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny vivid
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming burning burnished coruscating effulgent fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glossy illuminated illumined incandescent irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished relucent resplendent scintillating twinkling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy dark dim dull gloomy
WEAK
black depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky horrible murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising
ADJECTIVE
irradiant
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning burnished coruscating dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lucent luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
lucent
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning burnished coruscating dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiant irradiated lambent light lighted limpid luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
sunny
Synonyms
STRONGEST
brilliant luminous pleasant radiant
WEAK
clarion cloudless fine light rainless shining shiny summery sunshiny unclouded undarkened
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dark dim dull
WEAK
cloudy gloomy rainy stormy

Example Sentences

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History is not a world-spirit moving inexorably towards some breezy, sunlit upland of wisdom.

From Salon

Here in neutral Holland one sunlit June day followed another.

From Literature

To the east all the way to the edge of the Deep Forest, lay the vast sunlit woods where the prey grow fat in autumn, and berries and nuts are plentiful.

From Literature

Seven Scottish tries on a glorious sunlit afternoon at Murrayfield helped to blow the 2026 championship wide open with one round of fixtures remaining.

From BBC

I’ve never been anywhere near a sunlit designer kitchen in the Hamptons, but I still found it all oddly soothing.

From Salon

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.