LUMINARIES Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

luminaries

noun

plural of luminary

as in stars

a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light awed by the vast number of luminaries in the night sky

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a person who is widely known and usually much talked about luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala

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Recent Examples of luminaries Saint appeared in films directed by luminaries such as Otto Preminger, Norman Jewison, and John Frankenheimer. — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 During the festival, honorary awards were presented to Julianne Moore, Tom Hiddleston, Naomi Watts, John Turturro and other luminaries. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026 The Music, Fashion, Film artwork features the luminaries John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese. — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026 The documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem plops viewers into the middle of a salon full of luminaries. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 That event also included many tech luminaries, such as Tim Cook, formerly Apple’s CEO, and Musk. — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Upstairs at the Van Dyke, as it was known, drew jazz luminaries like Freddy Cole (Natalie’s uncle), Toots Thielemans, Randy Brecker and Branford Marsalis. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 With Walker and Gibson among this motoring segment’s luminaries, that’s already a given. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026 Witchy and worldly, with a tendency to name-drop the luminaries she’s encountered on her travels, the grande dame is Sybylla’s first example of a woman who chose her own way and has been rewarded for it. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The report singles out Japan, women’s competitions and homegrown stars as the areas most likely to draw competing bids.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Eight years after Crazy Rich Asians made history as the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature an all-Asian cast, the movie’s stars are reprising their roles for a series heading to HBO.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stars

Noun

The shirt went viral and was worn by a number of celebrities, with most of the proceeds donated to the Trans Lifeline, a nonprofit group and crisis hotline.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Lovato was one of multiple celebrities to show up at the Abbey on Saturday night to show her support.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of celebrities

Noun

The team was also able to roughly estimate the mass of this feeding cosmic titan, which sits at the heart of the Perseus Cluster, a massive collection of thousands of galaxies.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Detecting and measuring FRBs and their host galaxies can help solve the puzzle, Nanayakkara says.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of galaxies

Noun

Reportedly, the finished cell retained over 90% of its initial efficiency after 569 hours of continuous, maximum-power operation under simulated suns.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
And this image has no shortage of suns, with twinkling stars speckling the entire cosmic landscape, diffraction spikes and all.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of suns

Noun

Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Of late, Holloway’s inspirations have included figures from history, music stars, actors and socialites such as the Duke of Windsor, Bryan Ferry and Charlie Watts.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of figures

Noun

The trajectories separated into four distinct clusters corresponding to rest, meditation, music, and the movie.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
The company also has an edge on its peers because of its ability to improve the performance of GPU clusters, which should give its stock an additional boost, per Mohan.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

Kathleen Kennedy, who served as the president of Lucasfilm from 2012 to 2026, helped organize a group of industry dignitaries to put together a framework for how Hollywood should talk about it.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
By the late 1800s, the resort was a favorite destination for US Presidents (23 presidents have visited the property), foreign dignitaries and global business leaders.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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