sunlit

adjective

sun·​lit ˈsən-ˌlit 

: lighted by or as if by the sun

… these animals favor the vegetation growing in sunlit clearings …

—Therese B. Hart et al.

Examples of sunlit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Neighbors come to hang out on the sunlit terrace overlooking the ocean with the dramatic mountains behind. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

One rover might carry the sensors and another the drill, while a lander positioned on a sunlit ridge acts as the power and communications hub. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

How defecation changed the world The first animals on Earth were mostly simple creatures that lived in the sunlit upper layers of the ocean or on the shallowest parts of the seafloor. — ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

There’s no hope left of release — of riding Dreamfyre out of the Dragonpit, of playing with chickens in a sunlit field, her two children beside her. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sunlit

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit

Kids Definition

sunlit

adjective

sun·​lit -ˌlit 

: lighted by or as if by the sun