| 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: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, burnish |
Synonyms: |
brush, buff, buff up, finish, furbish, give a sheen, glance, glaze, gloss, make brilliant, put a finish on, put a gloss on, rub, scour, sleek, wax |
Antonyms: |
dull |
| Main Entry: | shining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright |
Synonyms: |
effulgent, gleaming, glistening, luminous, radiant, shimmering |
| Main Entry: | shining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illustrious |
Synonyms: |
brilliant, distinguished, eminent, glorious, remarkable, splendid |
| Main Entry: | shining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glowing |
Synonyms: |
agleam, beaming, bright, brilliant, conspicuous, coruscating, effulgent, glazed, glistening, glossy, incandescent, iridescent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, nitid, noticeable, opalescent, phosphorescent, radiant, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, rutilant, scintillating, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendorous |
Antonyms: |
dark, gloomy |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast on air waves |
Synonyms: |
emit, give off, give out, glare, glimmer, glow, radiate, send, shed, shine, throw off, transmit |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smile broadly |
Synonyms: |
gleam, glow, grin, laugh, radiate, shine, smirk |
Antonyms: |
frown, scowl |
| Main Entry: | beaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
Synonyms: |
animated, cheerful, genial, grinning, joyful, radiant, shining, smiling, sparkling, sunny |
Antonyms: |
frowning, sad, sullen, unhappy |
| 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: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
Synonyms: |
brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth |