Standard Lemma guide

radiant

adj · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R EY1 D IY2 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Radiating light and/or heat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the radiant sun

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Emitted as radiation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a radiant face

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Strikingly beautiful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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5

adj

Meaning 5

Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

adj

Meaning 6

Giving off rays.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

Examples

  • the sun radiant
  • a crown radiant

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7

adj

Meaning 7

Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A point source from which radiation is emitted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

noun

Meaning 9

The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

radiating or as if radiating light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the beaming sun
  • the effulgent daffodils
  • a radiant sunrise
  • a refulgent sunset

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beaming, beamy, effulgent, refulgent

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُشِعّ (mušiʕʕ) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Arabic: مُتَوَهِّج (mutawahhij) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Armenian: պայծառ (paycaṙ) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Belarusian: зіхатлі́вы (zixatlívy) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Belarusian: святлі́сты (svjatlísty) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Belarusian: бліску́чы (bliskúčy) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Bulgarian: лъчи́ст (lǎčíst) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Bulgarian: сия́ен (sijáen) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Catalan: radiant — radiating light and/or heat
  • Finnish: säteilevä — radiating light and/or heat
  • Hindi: कांतिमान् (kāntimān) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Hindi: ज्वलंत (jvalant) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Irish: lonrach — radiating light and/or heat
  • Italian: radiante — radiating light and/or heat
  • Javanese: sumunar — radiating light and/or heat
  • Kalmyk: мандлсн (mandlsn) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Kapampangan: masala — radiating light and/or heat
  • Korean: 환하다 (hwanhada) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Latin: radians — radiating light and/or heat
  • Lithuanian: švytinti — radiating light and/or heat
  • Macedonian: сја́е (sjáe) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Macedonian: зра́чи (zráči) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Macedonian: бле́ска (bléska) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Persian: تابناک (tâbnâk) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Russian: светя́щийся (svetjáščijsja) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Russian: лучеза́рный (lučezárnyj) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Russian: сия́ющий (sijájuščij) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Sanskrit: चन्द्र (candra) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Sanskrit: उज्ज्वल (ujjvala) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Spanish: radiante — radiating light and/or heat
  • Spanish: radioso — radiating light and/or heat
  • Swedish: strålande — radiating light and/or heat
  • Ottoman Turkish: نورانی (nurani) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایشق (ışık) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Ukrainian: ся́ючий (sjájučyj) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Ukrainian: ося́йний (osjájnyj) — radiating light and/or heat
  • Bulgarian: лъчи́ст (lǎčíst) — emitted as radiation
  • Macedonian: зра́чи (zráči) — emitted as radiation
  • Russian: лучи́стый (lučístyj) — emitted as radiation
  • Bulgarian: лъчеза́рен (lǎčezáren) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Catalan: radiant — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Esperanto: radianta — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Finnish: säteilevä — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • French: solaire — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Hindi: प्रफुल्ल (praphull) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Hindi: प्रफुल्लित (praphullit) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Hindi: तेजस्वी (tejasvī) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Central Kurdish: گەش (geş) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Persian: درخشنده (deraxšande) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Persian: تابناک (tâbnâk) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Portuguese: radiante — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Russian: лучеза́рный (lučezárnyj) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Russian: я́ркий (járkij) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Russian: пыла́ющий (pylájuščij) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Russian: сверка́ющий (sverkájuščij) — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Spanish: radiante — beaming with vivacity and happiness
  • Finnish: säteilylähde — point source of radiation
  • Russian: излуча́тель (izlučátelʹ) — point source of radiation
  • Catalan: radiant — the apparent origin of a meteor shower
  • German: Radiant — the apparent origin of a meteor shower
  • Japanese: 放射点 (hōshaten) — the apparent origin of a meteor shower
  • Japanese: 輻射点 (fukushaten) — the apparent origin of a meteor shower
  • Macedonian: радија́нт (radijánt) — the apparent origin of a meteor shower
  • Russian: радиа́нт (radiánt) — the apparent origin of a meteor shower
  • Spanish: punto radiante — the apparent origin of a meteor shower