sunshine

¹sun·shine

noun \-ˌshīn\

Definition of SUNSHINE

1

a : the sun's light or direct rays

b : the warmth and light given by the sun's rays

c : a spot or surface on which the sun's light shines

2

: something (as a person, condition, or influence) that radiates warmth, cheer, or happiness

— sun·shiny \-ˌshī-nē\ adjective

Examples of SUNSHINE

1. Today's forecast calls for sunshine.
2. Let's go out and enjoy the sunshine!
3. She was the kind of person who brought sunshine into people's lives.

First Known Use of SUNSHINE

13th century

Related to SUNSHINE

Synonyms

sunlight, sun

Related Words

sunburst; daylight; glare, shine

Near Antonyms

cloudiness; penumbra, shade, shadiness, shadow, umbra

Rhymes with SUNSHINE

A-line, affine, airline, align, alkyne, alpine, assign, at sign, balkline, baseline, beeline, benign, bloodline, blue line, blush wine, bovine, bowline, branchline, breadline, bright-line, buntline, bustline, byline, call sign, canine, caprine, carbine, carmine, cervine, chow line, clothesline, cloud nine, coastline, combine, compline, condign, confine, consign, corvine, cosign, cutline, dateline, deadline, decline, define, design, divine, dragline, driveline, earthshine, Einstein, eiswein, end line, enshrine, entwine, equine, ethyne, fall line, fault line, feline, ferine, first-line, flatline, flight line, foul line, fräulein, frontline, front line, goal line, gold mine, grapevine, guideline, hairline, hard-line, hard pine, headline, hemline, high sign, hipline, Holbein, hotline, ice wine, incline, indign, in fine, in-line, Irvine, jawline, jug wine, landline, land mine, lang syne, lifeline, load line, longline, lupine, mainline, main line, malign, midline, moline, moonshine, neckline, off-line, old-line, online, opine, outline, outshine, ovine, Pauline, peace sign, Petrine, pipeline, piscine, pitch pine, plotline, plumb line, plus sign, pontine, porcine, potline, pound sign, propine, punch line, rapine, recline, redline, red pine, refine, reline, repine, resign, Rhine wine, ridgeline, roofline, Sabine, saline, Scotch pine, scrub pine, setline, shoreline, short line, sideline, sight line, skyline, snow line, soft-line, spring line, straight-line, strandline, straw wine, streamline, strip mine, strychnine, subline, supine, syncline, taurine, tie-line, times sign, topline, touchline, towline, tramline, trapline, tree line, trephine, trotline, truckline, trunk line, tumpline, turbine, untwine, ursine, vespine, V sign, vulpine, waistline, white line, white pine, white wine, woodbine, yard line, zebrine, Z line

²sunshine

adjective

Definition of SUNSHINE

: forbidding or restricting closed meetings of legislative or executive bodies and sometimes providing for public access to records <sunshine laws>

First Known Use of SUNSHINE

1972