Synonyms for luminous
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Bright — emitting light; glowing brightly; shining
bright, radiant, glowing, lustrous, brilliant, shining, resplendent, aglow, light, glorious, clear, vibrant, lucid, intelligible, orient, lucent, lambent, effulgent formal, luminiferous, perspicuous, refulgent, beamy
2. Illuminated — brightly illuminated
illuminated, lit, lighted, lit up, alight dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
- adj. 2
Brightly illuminated.
Related words
- Word family
- luminosity luminousness lumic luminal
Example sentences
- brilliant Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant invention.
- glowing Sami could see Layla's makeup glowing in the dark.
- radiant Seeing Tom so radiant and happy brought a tear to my eye.
- lustrous The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.
- lit The half of the Moon facing the Sun is always lit.
- illuminated The soft glow of the candles illuminated the room.
By length
- 3 letters
- lit1
- 5 letters
- light1, clear1, lucid2, aglow2, beamy
- 6 letters
- bright1, orient3, alight2, lucent2
- 7 letters
- shining2, glowing2, vibrant2, radiant3, lighted2, lambent
- 8 letters
- glorious3, lustrous2
- 9 letters
- brilliant2, effulgent, refulgent
- 11 letters
- illuminated5, enlightened3, resplendent3, perspicuous
- 12 letters
- intelligible5, luminiferous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lucid2 = 2 syllables).