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adj
Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: beamful, shining, radiant, aglow, alight, beamsome, beamy, brilliant, effulgent, glowing, illuminating, lambent, lighted, lit, lucent, luciferous, lucific, luminant, luminiferous, luminous, lustrous, orient, profulgent, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shiny
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Brightly illuminated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lighted, lit up, alight, illuminated, inlighted, lighty, lit, luminous
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Clear; enlightening; easy to understand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
softly bright or radiant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: aglow(p), lambent, lucent
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.
Across languages
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
