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shine - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness; polish |
| Synonyms: | flash, glare, glaze, gleam, glint, glitz, gloss, light, luminosity, luster, radiance, rub, sheen, shimmer, show, sparkle, lambency, patina |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off or reflect light |
| Synonyms: | beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, burn, dazzle, deflect, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, mirror, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, emit light, give light, incandesce, luminesce |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, burnish |
| Synonyms: | brush, buff, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, rub, scour, sleek, wax, buff up, give a sheen, make brilliant, put a finish on, put a gloss on |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | adoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense love |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, infatuation, passion, puppy love*, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, yen*, amore, idolization, pash, worshipping |
| Antonyms: | abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch*, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love*, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot*, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen*, amore |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
| Synonyms: | beam, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, burst out, fulgurate, incandesce |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
| Synonyms: | brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, rub, scour, shine, smooth, pumice, sandpaper |
| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
| Synonyms: | buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax, patina, put on a finish |
| Antonyms: | dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, blaze, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, frippery, front, layout, manifestation, ostentation, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, vanity, arrayal, bravura, expo, for show, frame-up, grandstand play, ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, showboat, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | excel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior; surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, outdo, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, shine, surmount, top, transcend, wax*, be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, be talented, go beyond, go to town, improve upon, make it, outrival, show talent, take precedence |
| Antonyms: | fail, be inferior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fanfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheering |
| Synonyms: | array, ballyhoo*, demonstration, display, flourish, hullabaloo*, parade, pomp, shine, show, alarum, panoply, trump, trumpet call |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talent, style |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, aptitude, bent, chic, dash, elegance, faculty, feel, genius, gift, glamour, head, knack, mastery, panache, pizzazz*, presence, shine*, splash*, taste, turn, zip*, aptness |
| Notes: | flair is a natural talent or distinctive and stylish elegance while a flare (noun) is a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate - flare (verb) means to burn brightly or to erupt or intensify suddenly |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, ineptitude, ineptness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blaze, coruscate, fire, flare, flash, glare, glint, glow, ignite, kindle, light, oxidize, shine, flare up |
| Main Entry: | freshness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | newness |
| Synonyms: | bloom, brightness, clearness, dew, glow, novelty, originality, shine, sparkle, vigor, youth, callowness, cleanness, dewiness, greenness, inexperience, innovativeness, inventiveness, rawness, viridity |
| Antonyms: | oldness, staleness |
| Main Entry: | furbish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; renovate |
| Synonyms: | brighten, buff, burnish, clean, fix up, glaze, gloss, improve, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, restore, rub, shine, spruce up*, deck out, gussy up, recondition, smarten up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glaze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varnish, lacquer |
| Synonyms: | coat, enamel, finish, glint, gloss, luster, polish, sheen, shine, patina |
| Antonyms: | stripper |
| Main Entry: | glaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | varnish, lacquer |
| Synonyms: | buff, burnish, coat, cover, enamel, furbish, glance, glass, gloss, overlay, polish, rub, shine, incrust, make lustrous, make vitreous, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, burn, coruscate, flare, flash, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glister |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, coruscate, fade, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glister |
| Main Entry: | glint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glitter, look, shine, trace, twinkle |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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