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illumination

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of illumination

1 a statement that makes something clear

  • the candidateʼs so-called illuminations of his views on a number of controversial issues left many voters in the dark
Synonyms of illumination

clarification, construction, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, illustration, interpretation, road map
Words Related to illumination

paraphrase, restatement, translation

annotation, comment, commentary, epexegesis, gloss

deciphering, decoding

disentanglement, unscrambling

analysis

edification, enlightenment

definition, meaning

demonstration, enactment

justification, rationale, rationalization, reasoning

caution, caveat, warning

2 the quality or state of having or giving off light

  • in that clime the illumination of the full moon on a clear night is so bright that you can practically read by it
Synonyms of illumination

brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor
Words Related to illumination

blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light

fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence

burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess

fire, flame, glare, glow

flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
Near Antonyms of illumination

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
Antonyms of illumination

blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

3 the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible

  • a steady illumination from the flashlight was all I had while changing the tire
Synonyms of illumination

blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam, glow, incandescence, light, luminescence, radiance, shine
Words Related to illumination

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 of illumination

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

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