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lights
noun as in luminescence from sun or other source
Strong matches
- aurora
- beacon
- blaze
- brightness
- brilliance
- brilliancy
- coruscation
- dawn
- daybreak
- daytime
- effulgence
- emanation
- flare
- gleam
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- illumination
- incandescence
- irradiation
- lambency
- lighthouse
- luminosity
- luster
- morn
- morning
- phosphorescence
- radiance
- refulgence
- scintillation
- sheen
- shine
- sparkle
- splendor
- sunbeam
- sunrise
- taper
- torch
Weak match
noun as in context, point of view; understanding
verb as in illuminate
verb as in start on fire
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The market's opening day coincided with the Belfast Christmas lights switch-on, with a number of roads in the city centre closed.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I’m going to be here until they come in there and turn the lights off,” he said.
In color realism, objects are thought to just have color, an internal attribute that is still there if you leave the room, or turn out the lights.
“Several others had broken limbs. The smuggler left us here and told us to run in the direction of the lights of Van city. Many of us were fading out of hunger. I fainted.”
He added that he discovered one issue that could have been fatal when he was trying to install some lights.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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