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sunlit

adj · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnlɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈsʌnˌlɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N L IH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Illuminated by sunlight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lighted by sunlight- Wallace Stegner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the sunlit slopes of the canyon
  • violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sunstruck

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sun + lit.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: огрян от слънце (ogrjan ot slǎnce) — illuminated by sunlight
  • Esperanto: sunlumita — illuminated by sunlight
  • Greek: ηλιόλουστος (ilióloustos) — illuminated by sunlight
  • Polish: oświetlony światłem Słońca — illuminated by sunlight
  • Spanish: soleado — illuminated by sunlight
  • Swedish: solbelyst — illuminated by sunlight
  • Ukrainian: осві́тлений сонцем (osvítlenyj soncem) — illuminated by sunlight
  • Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj) — illuminated by sunlight
  • Ukrainian: зали́тий со́нцем (zalýtyj sóncem) — illuminated by sunlight