ILLUMINATIONS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

illuminations

noun

plural of illumination

as in interpretations

a statement that makes something clear the candidate's so-called illuminations of his views on a number of controversial issues left many voters in the dark

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as in glows

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

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Recent Examples of illuminations Too bad Illinoisans will not join in the illuminations at home for our nation’s semiquincentennial — at least not legally. —

Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Fox News Digital previously reported that the FAA was investigating a similar incident after the crew of a National Guard Black Hawk helicopter reported receiving illuminations by a green laser near Hector International Airport in North Dakota in 2025. —

Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026 Expressly used for events, the station’s Platform 3 morphed into the Edo-Tokyo Museum, complete with exhibitions, illuminations, food tastings, and the sense that both the Japanese capital’s past and future have always been at home in Ryogoku. —

Jonathan Delise, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026 One of the most magical ways to experience the Eiffel Tower doesn't require a ticket; simply watch the nightly illuminations, when the landmark sparkles for five minutes every hour, on the hour. —

Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 Magnetic storms brought on by solar activity, such as solar flares (explosions on the Sun) or coronal mass ejections (ejected gas bubbles), are responsible for these natural light illuminations. —

Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025 The holiday images will inspire window displays being rolled out worldwide, featuring a midnight-blue background decorated with Chinese lantern illuminations, trunks, the Vuitton family home in Asnières, and blossoming flowers and stars from the Monogram canvas motif. —

Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Director Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic remains open to many different interpretations and may seem ponderous to modern audiences.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Each property has its own restoration story, but all began as working farms rather than aesthetic interpretations.

— Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026