| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning |
Synonyms: |
blaze, bonfire, campfire, charring, coals, combustion, conflagration, devouring, element, embers, flame and smoke, flames, flare, glow, hearth, heat, holocaust, hot spot, incandescence, inferno, luminosity, oxidation, phlogiston, pyre, rapid oxidation, scintillation, scorching, sea of flames, searing, sparks, tinder, up in smoke, warmth |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
Synonyms: |
beam, bedazzlement, blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, incandescence, luster, phosphorescence, quiver, radiation, ray, reflection, scintillation, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, twinkling, vision |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning, brightness |
Synonyms: |
afterglow, bloom, blossom, blush, brilliance, effulgence, flush, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, gusto, heat, incandescence, intensity, lambency, light, luminosity, passion, phosphorescence, radiance, ray, splendor, vividness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high temperature |
Synonyms: |
calefaction, calidity, dog days, fever, fieriness, greenhouse effect, heatwave, hot spell, hot weather, hotness, incalescence, incandescence, sultriness, swelter, torridity, torridness, warmness, warmth |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool |
| 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: | radiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, luminescence |
Synonyms: |
brilliance, effulgence, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, incandescence, light, luminosity, luster, resplendence, shine |
Antonyms: |
cloudiness, dark, dimness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | ray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beam; indication |
Synonyms: |
bar, blaze, blink, emanation, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, hint, incandescence, irradiation, light, moonbeam, patch, pencil, radiance, radiation, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, sunbeam, trace, wave |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| 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: | hotness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heat |
Synonyms: |
calefaction, calidity, dog days, fervor, fever, fieriness, heatwave, hot spell, hot weather, incalescence, incandescence, sultriness, swelter, torridity, torridness, warmness, warmth |