| Main Entry: | illumine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | light up |
Synonyms: |
brighten, illuminate, irradiate, light |
| Main Entry: | illumine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain |
Synonyms: |
clarify, elucidate, interpret |
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
Synonyms: |
beam, burst out, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, fulgurate, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle |
| Main Entry: | brighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shine or glow |
Synonyms: |
buff up, burnish, clear up, enliven, gleam, grow sunny, illuminate, illumine, intensify, kindle, light up, lighten, polish, punch up, spiff up |
Antonyms: |
darken, deepen, dull, fade |
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, cause to understand, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspirit, instruct, let in on, open up, persuade, preach, put on to, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift |
Antonyms: |
be vague, bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle |
| Main Entry: | illuminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make light |
Synonyms: |
brighten, fire, flash, floodlight, highlight, hit with a light, ignite, illume, illumine, irradiate, kindle, light, light up, lighten, limelight, spot, spotlight |
Antonyms: |
cloud, darken, obscure |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | illuminate |
Synonyms: |
animate, brighten, cast, fire, flood, floodlight, furnish with light, highlight, ignite, illume, illumine, inflame, irradiate, kindle, light up, lighten, limelight, make bright, make visible, put on, shine, spot, spotlight, switch on, turn on |
Antonyms: |
darken, dull, obscure |
| Main Entry: | radiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off; scatter |
Synonyms: |
afford, beam, branch out, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, expand, give out, gleam, glitter, illumine, irradiate, issue, light up, pour, proliferate, propagate, ramble, ramify, send out, shed, shine, shoot out, spread, spread out, sprinkle, strew, throw out, transmit, yield |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off or reflect light |
Synonyms: |
beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, burn, dazzle, deflect, emit light, flare, flash, flicker, give light, glare, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, irradiate, luminesce, mirror, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle |
Antonyms: |
dull |
| Main Entry: | illume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | illuminate |
Synonyms: |
better, clarify, clear up, construe, define, dramatize, edify, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, express, finish, give insight, gloss, illumine, illustrate, improve, instruct, interpret, light, lighten, perfect, polish, shed light on, uplight |