ILLUMINED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in illuminated

filled with much light illumined display windows in the street's many shops add much to the holiday glow

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verb

past tense of illumine

as in lit

to supply with light small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way

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as in educated

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined

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Recent Examples of illumined

Adjective

The backdrop is brightly illumined screens that hurt your eyes. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Verb

Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for illumined

Adjective

The return comes a decade after Apple dropped the illuminated emblem during its shift to thinner laptop designs.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Yet more Brabus branding is present, including illuminated B logos on the carbon-fiber rear entry panels.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of illuminated

Verb

Soliman lit two Molotov cocktails and threw them at demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages during the Run For Their Lives organization's regular gathering on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, prosecutors said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
The 3-foot motion activated lighted Rocker Skeleton animatronic pairs with last year’s The Party Skeleton, designed by Lowe’s employee Amanual Coleman of Charlotte.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of lit

Verb

As a result, health care and child care providers alike need to be re-educated on measles.

— Katie Lockwood, STAT, 28 Oct. 2026
Born and raised in Latin America, Jose was educated as an accountant and worked for investment banks before founding a wildly successful private equity firm.

— Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of educated

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His hometown team calling his name on the opening night of the NFL Draft a few months later brightened it.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
And then the whole restaurant would have their days brightened when LeMay and Ward would burst into song, loud enough for everyone to hear.

— Heath Kalb, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of brightened

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The home’s pointed arches, organic geometries, and natural materials were inspired by the earth and the sea.

— Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026
Her videos showing off her collection of unusual footwear — ranging from ’90s-era Vivienne Westwood animal paw boots to Marni loafers with hoop piercings — inspired others to do the same or find some freaky shoes of their own.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of inspired

Adjective

An exuberant pre-dawn sky — filled with large, bright stars, a luminous crescent moon, and blue and white swirls — dominates the landscape featuring a prominent cypress tree and distant hillside village.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
But the only picture mode that comes close to being that bright also has a notably green bias and ramps up the fan noise to a level that almost anyone will consider intolerable.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

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