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plural of luminary
Synonyms & Antonyms of luminaries
1
a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light
- awed by the vast number of luminaries in the night sky
Synonyms for luminaries
Words Related to luminaries
- binary stars,
- brown dwarfs
- (or brown dwarves),
- dwarfs
- (also dwarves),
- fixed stars,
- gassers,
- giant stars,
- lodestars
- (also loadstars),
- neutron stars,
- novas
- (or novae),
- pulsars,
- quasars,
- red dwarfs,
- red giants,
- red stars,
- subdwarfs,
- superclusters,
- supergiants,
- supernovas
- (or supernovae),
- variables,
- variable stars,
- white dwarfs
2
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
- luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala
Synonyms for luminaries
- causes célèbres
- (also causes celebres),
- celebrities,
- celebs,
- figures,
- icons
- (also ikons),
- lights,
- megastars,
- names,
- notabilities,
- notables,
- notorieties,
- personages,
- personalities,
- somebodies,
- standouts,
- stars,
- superstars,
- VIPs
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“Luminaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminaries. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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