incandescence

incandescence

noun

Definition of INCANDESCENCE

the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible <candles made from whale oil were once highly prized because they burned with an incandescence superior to that of other candles>

Synonyms blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam, glow, illumination, incandescence, luminescence, radiance, shine

Related Words flash, glimmer, glint, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle; daylight, moonlight, sunlight, sunshine; afterglow, aureole (or aureola), aurora, beam, halo, ray, shaft, streak, stream, sunbeam; glisten, gloss, luster (or lustre), polish, reflection, sheen

Near Antonyms blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, duskiness, gloom, night, shadow