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Examples of lucent in a Sentence
the pristine waters of lucent mountain streams
the moon was a lucent orb in the cloudless autumn sky
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Origin and Etymology of lucent
First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearlucent Synonyms
Synonyms
beaming, bedazzling, bright, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid;
Antonyms
dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant;
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;
Related Words
ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot;
agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking;
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of lucent
- a lucent membrane
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