Synonyms and Antonyms of radiance
1
the quality or state of having or giving off light
- the radiance of the midday sun created a harsh glare for the skiers
brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, refulgence, splendor
blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light
fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence
burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess
fire, flame, glare, glow
flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
dimness, gloominess, somberness
cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity
colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
2
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible
- had a dream in which she was steadily moving down a dark tunnel toward a radiance at the far end
blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luminescence, shine
flash, glimmer, glint, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
daylight, moonlight, sunlight, sunshine
afterglow, aureole (or aureola), aurora, beam, halo, ray, shaft, streak, stream, sunbeam
glisten, gloss, luster (or lustre), polish, reflection, sheen
