| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| 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: | excel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior; surpass |
Synonyms: |
be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, be talented, beat, best, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go to town, improve upon, make it, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, shine, show talent, surmount, take precedence, top, transcend, wax |
Antonyms: |
be inferior, fail |
| Main Entry: | flame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
Synonyms: |
blaze, coruscate, fire, flare, flare up, flash, glare, glint, glow, ignite, kindle, light, oxidize, shine |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
Synonyms: |
beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, light, phosphoresce, radiate, reflect, scintillate, shine, shoot out, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle |