luminous

lu·mi·nous

adj \ˈlü-mə-nəs\

Definition of LUMINOUS

1

a : emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light b : of or relating to light or to luminous flux

2

: bathed in or exposed to steady light <luminous with sunlight>

3

: clear, enlightening

4

: shining, illustrious <a luminous film star> <a luminous performance>

— lu·mi·nous·ly adverb

— lu·mi·nous·ness noun

Examples of LUMINOUS

1. I saw the cat's luminous eyes in my car's headlights.
2. a watch with a luminous dial
3. The room was luminous with sunlight.

Origin of LUMINOUS

Middle English, from Latin luminosus, from lumin-, lumen

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to LUMINOUS

Synonyms: beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, bright, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid

Antonyms: dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

Related Words: ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot; agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, gemmy, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking; burnished, polished, shined; superbright, ultrabright

Near Antonyms: blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless, tenebrous, unlit; cloudy, shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palish

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Rhymes with LUMINOUS

numinous