shiny

/ˈʃaɪni/

/ˈʃaɪni/

Other forms: shiniest; shinier; shinily

Shiny describes something with a smooth, glossy surface. If you want to see your reflection in the glass table, you'll have to polish it to keep it shiny.

Something shiny has a shine, a brightness that comes from reflecting light. Are you into shiny new cars, or shiny diamonds? Or do you like shiny, happy people? Good synonyms are lustrous, sheeny and glossy.

Definitions of shiny

1. adjective

   reflecting light
   “saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet”

   synonyms: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining

   bright

   emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
2. adjective

   having a shiny surface or coating
   synonyms: glazed

   glassy, vitreous, vitrified

   (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

   glass-like

   resembling glass

   calendered, glossy

   (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers

   icy

   shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice
3. adjective

   made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
   “shiny black patents”

   synonyms: bright, burnished, lustrous, shining

   polished

   perfected or made shiny and smooth