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radiance

noun

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
Synonyms of radiance

brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, refulgence, splendor
Words Related to radiance

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
Near Antonyms of radiance

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
Antonyms of radiance

blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

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
Synonyms of radiance

blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luminescence, shine
Words Related to radiance

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
Near Antonyms of radiance

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

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