Synonyms of moonlight

moonlight

noun

as in sunlight

the light of the moon

A figure appeared in the moonlight.

a moonlight cruise down the river

Related Words

• sunlight
• sunshine
• daylight
• glow
• illumination
• glare
• blaze
• gleam
• sparkle
• glitter
• fluorescence
• shimmer
• stream
• beam
• luminescence
• flash
• radiance
• aurora
• reflection
• glint
• twinkle
• shine
• glimmer
• incandescence
• scintillation
• flare
• ray
• glisten
• halo
• shaft
• sunbeam
• streak
• polish
• aureole
• sheen
• afterglow
• luster
• gloss

Dissimilar Words

• night
• darkness
• dusk
• dark
• shadow
• blackness
• gloom
• dimness
• duskiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moonlight

This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset. — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Your overflow of coffee table books,backup candles, and other living room miscellany can find a home in this sideboard that can anchor your entryway or moonlight as an entertainment console. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

The journey moves through several rooms jumbling period French architecture, the first meekly lit with artificial moonlight and video monitors that flicker out from cracks in the wall. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

This, Rostov’s main thoroughfare, wasn’t illuminated by the familiar bright glare of its many street lamps, or by light from its windows, now blacked out, but emerged from the darkness all the more gently in a milky cloak of moonlight. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026