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Synonyms: Bright

From the radiance of a smile to the glow of a star, this list explores luminosity and brilliance, offering words for shining lights and dazzling hues.
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  1. ablaze
    lighted up by or as by fire or flame
    Sir Ewan drove the dragon from the inn by setting the ruins ablaze. The Inquisitor's Tale
  2. aglow
    softly bright or radiant
    The broad wooden span of the bridge had rotted through, but some of the lamps that lined the way were still aglow. A Dance with Dragons
  3. beaming
    radiating or as if radiating light
    I think of thee in morning’s beaming light,
    In burning noon and shadowy night. To My Mother
  4. brilliant
    full of light; shining intensely
    She could see him quite clearly, even at that distance; the moonlight was brilliant, and her eyes were adjusted to it. The Amber Spyglass
  5. dazzling
    shining intensely
    I closed my eyes before the magnesium flared, but I still saw dazzling fireworks, even through my eyelids. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
  6. effulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
    A strong breeze blew from prow to stern, yet the sea was absolutely calm, the unruffled mirror of effulgent sunlight. Bennett, Arnold
  7. fluorescent
    brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
    And through that microscope, for that moment, all she could see was an ocean of her mother’s cells, stained an ethereal fluorescent green. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  8. fulgent
    shining intensely
    A more crystalline night, more full of fulgent stars, was never seen, stars everywhere, but mostly scattered in large sparkles on the snow. Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
  9. glaring
    shining intensely
    High, high and away, the glaring white lights of the bridge— he thought he could see small figures there, little people moving in the white light. The Voyage Of The Frog
  10. gleaming
    bright with a steady but subdued shining
    Three gleaming feathers streamed beneath her, elegant ribbons of light. Fablehaven
  11. glistening
    reflecting light
    They seemed to trust the darkness and moved up and down the glistening stone steps as surefooted as young goats. The God of Small Things
  12. glossy
    reflecting light
    A waitress sat Flora and her father at a booth in the corner and handed them glossy, enormous menus. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
  13. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
    Edison suggested the exposition use incandescent bulbs rather than arc lights, because the incandescent variety produced a softer light. The Devil in the White City
  14. intense
    having the highest color saturation
    The rubies in his eye sockets began to glow with an intense red light. Ready Player One: A Novel
  15. lambent
    softly bright or radiant
    The oil lamp to her right bathed one side of her face in lambent light; the other was cast in shadow. Beasts of Prey
  16. lucent
    softly bright or radiant
    The light morning clouds sailing over the heavens became more and more lucent, and the East flushed radiant with the dawn. Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
  17. luminescent
    emitting light not caused by heat
    He was freezing, and the sky outside the car was the deep luminescent purple that divides the dusk from the night. American Gods
  18. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
    Her widely set apart dark eyes were luminous and there was a dusky rose color in her cheeks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  19. lustrous
    reflecting light
    A fairy with lustrous silver wings and short blue hair alighted in front of Kendra. Fablehaven
  20. phosphorescent
    emitting light without appreciable heat
    Behind them glittered the astounding ocean with its heaving storms, flying fish, breaching whales, and curls of phosphorescent waves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
  21. radiant
    emanating or as if emanating light
    Aureliano made progress in his studies of Sanskrit as Melquíades' visit became less and less frequent and he was more distant, fading away in the radiant light of noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude
  22. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
    He told also a tale of how he with two companions were once in the high mountains, when they beheld in the night a light of dazzling brilliance, with the appearance of a refulgent star. Lyman, William Denison
  23. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
    The sun, a white scintillating ball, blazed from a steely sky, over which no cloud ever passed. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
  24. shiny
    reflecting light
    With April, a walk to the library could become an exploration of a forbidden land, or a shiny pebble on the sidewalk could be a magic token from an invisible power. The Egypt Game
  25. twinkling
    shining intermittently with a sparkling light
    All those twinkling lights, every star in the sky, could have burned out years ago—the entire night sky could be empty this very minute, and we wouldn’t even know it. The Thing About Jellyfish
  26. vivid
    having striking color
    Flurries of light-green snow began to fall, and the leaves on the trees and bushes turned a vivid orange. The Phantom Tollbooth
Created on Wed Apr 10 13:15:00 EDT 2024 (updated Wed May 08 11:05:20 EDT 2024)

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