Synonyms of shining

shining 1 of 2

adjective

as in glowing

giving off or reflecting much light

the shining moon formed a nice backdrop for our outdoor concert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• luminous
• dazzling
• bright
• shiny
• gleaming
• radiant
• shimmering
• flashing
• flickering
• brilliant
• blazing
• sparkling
• glittering
• glistening
• effulgent
• refulgent
• splendid
• shined
• lambent
• lustrous
• clear
• beaming
• incandescent
• burning
• blinding
• lucent
• fulgent
• flaming
• polished
• candescent
• lucid
• bedazzling
• fiery
• sheeny
• sunny
• twinkling
• glancing
• glaring
• winking
• burnished
• glinting
• glimmering
• shimmery
• ardent
• scintillating
• flaring
• red-hot
• scintillant
• glistering
• gemmy
• aglitter
• agleam
• ablaze
• combusting
• coruscant
• ultrabright
• superbright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• dark
• dull
• darkened
• blackened
• dusky
• gloomy
• lackluster
• obscure
• dimmed
• sombre
• somber
• obscured
• unlit
• darkling
• pitch-black
• lightless
• darkish
• pitch-dark
• murky
• cloudy
• shadowy
• darksome
• pale
• gray
• grey
• unbright
• shady
• unbrilliant
• leaden
• tenebrous
• sunless
• shadowlike
• palish

shining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of shine

1

as in beaming

to emit rays of light

the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• beaming
• gleaming
• radiating
• flashing
• flickering
• flaring
• burning
• glinting
• blazing
• glittering
• glistening
• shimmering
• glimmering
• illuminating
• illumining
• raying
• sparkling
• twinkling
• firing
• flaming
• lighting
• glaring
• glistering
• brightening
• beating (down)
• scintillating
• spangling
• blinding
• lightening
• blinking
• sheening
• dazzling
• luminescing
• coruscating
• winking
• winkling
• lustring
• irradiating
• lustering
• bedazzling
• dazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• blackening
• lowering
• louring

2

as in polishing

to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure

the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polishing
• rubbing
• smoothing
• burnishing
• coating
• scrubbing
• glossing
• buffing
• scraping
• grinding
• dressing
• furbishing
• bobbing
• facing
• finishing
• brightening
• glazing
• smoothening
• sanding
• slicking
• filing
• varnishing
• scouring
• sleeking
• japanning
• lacquering
• sandblasting
• veneering
• sandpapering
• lapping
• boning
• rasping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruffling
• roughing (up)
• scuffing (up)
• roughening