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illumines

verb , present tense third-person singular of illumine

Synonyms and Antonyms of illumines

1 to supply with light

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

Synonyms of illumines

bathes, beacons, emblazes, illumes, illuminates, irradiates, lightens, lights

Words Related to illumines

beams, beats (down), radiates, shines

enhaloes, haloes

highlights, spotlights

blazes, burns, fires, flames, glares, glows, ignites, incinerates, kindles

bedazzles, blinds, dazes, dazzles

gleams, glistens, glitters

Near Antonyms of illumines

dims, dulls, obscures

covers, shrouds, veils

douses (also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenches, snuffs (out)

Antonyms of illumines

blackens, darkens, obfuscates

2 to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding

readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined

Synonyms of illumines

edifies, educates, enlightens, illumes, illuminates, inspires, nurtures

Words Related to illumines

elevates, ennobles, enriches, ensouls, lifts, uplifts

betters, improves, regenerates, renews, transforms

exalts, glorifies, transfigures

Near Antonyms of illumines

confuses, perplexes, puzzles

beclouds, clouds, darkens, obscures

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