| Main Entry: | sheen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, shine |
Synonyms: |
burnish, finish, glaze, gleam, glint, gloss, luster, patina, polish, shimmer, shininess, wax |
Antonyms: |
darkness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
Synonyms: |
buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, patina, put on a finish, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax |
Antonyms: |
dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | glaze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varnish, lacquer |
Synonyms: |
coat, enamel, finish, glint, gloss, luster, patina, polish, sheen, shine |
Antonyms: |
stripper |
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, sparkle |
Synonyms: |
beam, brilliance, coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, glim, glimmer, glint, glitz, gloss, glow, luster, ray, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, splendor, twinkle |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brilliance, sparkle |
Synonyms: |
beam, brightness, coruscation, display, flash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle, zap |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
Synonyms: |
aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
Antonyms: |
dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | luster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloss, shine |
Synonyms: |
afterglow, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, candescence, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, polish, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, shimmer, sparkle |
Antonyms: |
darkness, dullness, matte |
| Main Entry: | polish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shine, brightness |
Synonyms: |
brilliance, burnish, finish, glaze, glint, gloss, luster, sheen, smoothness, sparkle, varnish, veneer, wax |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | shimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gleam |
Synonyms: |
blinking, coruscation, diffused light, flash, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, incandescence, iridescence, luster, phosphorescence, scintillation, sheen, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness; polish |
Synonyms: |
flash, glare, glaze, gleam, glint, glitz, gloss, lambency, light, luminosity, luster, patina, radiance, rub, sheen, shimmer, show, sparkle |
Antonyms: |
darkness, dullness |