LUMINESCE Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

luminesce

verb

Definition of luminesce

as in to glow

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Recent Examples of luminesce Music has charms that teem our tongues, course through our pens and luminesce up on our screens. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2019

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Her glowing skin, minimal makeup, and refined hairstyle helped define an ideal of beauty that has endured for generations.

— Colleen Sullivan, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
After all the glowing testaments to his character, the apartment was startlingly nondescript.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of glow

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This lush set captures a garden at dawn, with dewdrops glistening alongside 3D orchids and calla lilies.

— Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 2 Aug. 2026
The sun is high and hot in early June—a bone-dry 85 degrees Fahrenheit—though the direct light is enough to make my forehead glisten.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2026

Definition of glisten

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The pitch is reinforced by the document’s anime-style cover, which depicts a smiling family in a gleaming cityscape rather than the troops, weapons and military insignia featured on many previous editions.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The neon lights began to move about briskly, like gleaming whirligig beetles, and the lights on the advertising tower closest to the stadium flickered across the Squirrel-brand margarine ad.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of gleam

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Like a lot of us who tottered into consciousness in the second half of the 20th century, Les Claypool grew up with cartoons from the family television beaming into his retinas.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
Cables were abandoned in favor of high-frequency microwaves that could be beamed to relay stations outside London and, from there, to the rest of the country.

— David Szondy August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of beam

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In a sartorial 180, the star embraced another revealing style moment in a sheer gold Fendi dress that glittered from every angle.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026
Where real-life terrors might be decked in the glittering garb of fairy tale, and thus fooled, challenged and ultimately overcome.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Definition of glitter

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The experience of eating it is even more shocking … the electric crunch of passionfruit seeds giving way to exploding citrus vesicles, glimmering like wayward teardrop gems … and … was that a dehydrated banana?

— Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Gomez glimmered in a gold gown by Oscar de la Renta and matching gold high heels, as first revealed by her hairstylist, Renato Campora, on Instagram.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

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