Synonyms of lambent

lambent

adjective

ˈlam-bənt 

as in luminous

giving off or reflecting much light

the lambent flames from our campfire cast a comforting glow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• luminous
• shining
• glowing
• dazzling
• radiant
• bright
• shimmering
• shiny
• flickering
• gleaming
• incandescent
• flashing
• refulgent
• effulgent
• glittering
• sparkling
• blazing
• lucent
• glistening
• brilliant
• candescent
• lustrous
• lucid
• fulgent
• beaming
• splendid
• burning
• flaming
• blinding
• clear
• polished
• sheeny
• fiery
• bedazzling
• shined
• twinkling
• ardent
• scintillant
• glancing
• winking
• sunny
• scintillating
• shimmery
• burnished
• glaring
• aglitter
• glinting
• glimmering
• gemmy
• flaring
• red-hot
• glistering
• combusting
• agleam
• ablaze
• coruscant
• ultrabright
• superbright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• dusky
• blackened
• dull
• dark
• darkened
• darkling
• obscure
• pitch-black
• lackluster
• somber
• unlit
• gloomy
• lightless
• pitch-dark
• dimmed
• darkish
• obscured
• shadowy
• darksome
• murky
• gray
• pale
• cloudy
• tenebrous
• shady
• leaden
• sunless
• unbright
• unbrilliant
• shadowlike
• palish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lambent

Carley young and bold, her large, lambent eyes lined with black, her dark hair still lush and animal-thick, her full lips set in an expression of stubborn will. — Mary Gaitskill, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026

One night, the living room will be suffused with a soft lavender glow; the next a bold yolk-yellow or a lambent hot pink. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024

Finally, a razor-sharp line appeared ahead of us where the lambent sea ended and blackness began. — Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2022

Rich and round with lambent acidity and a hint of orange citrics. — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022

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