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illumine

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of illumine

1 to supply with light

Small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way.

Synonyms of illumine

bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illuminate, irradiate, light, lighten

Words Related to illumine

beam, beat (down), radiate, shine

highlight, spotlight

blaze, burn, fire, flame, glare, glow, ignite, incinerate, kindle

bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle

gleam, glisten, glitter

Near Antonyms of illumine

dim, dull, obscure

cover, shroud, veil

douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)

Antonyms of illumine

blacken, darken, obfuscate

2 to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding

Readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined.

Synonyms of illumine

edify, educate, enlighten, illume, illuminate, inspire, nurture

Words Related to illumine

elevate, ennoble, enrich, ensoul, lift, uplift

better, improve, regenerate, renew, transform

exalt, glorify, transfigure

Near Antonyms of illumine

confuse, perplex, puzzle

becloud, cloud, darken, obscure

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