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Synonyms & Antonyms for luminous
Synonyms
beaming, bedazzling, bright, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid
Antonyms
dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant
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When people do remember specifics, the sharpest, most luminous details are often strange, or surprising. — Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, "The Hemingway Scene That Shows How Humanity Works," 30 Aug. 2019 The list of players Tata Martino will not have in uniform Saturday evening for his first competitive game as Mexico’s coach is far more luminous than the roster that will be there. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "Mexico’s ‘best of the rest’ team ready to show its form against Cuba in Gold Cup opener," 14 June 2019 Making the film even more luminous is its megawatt talent. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, "An Ode to the Campiest Film You’ve Probably Never Seen," 19 Apr. 2019 Although less luminous examples had already been seen, astronomers wanted to know if changes as dramatic as the one LaMassa discovered were common. — Quanta Magazine, "Galactic Beacons Get Snuffed Out in a Cosmic Eyeblink," 21 Nov. 2018 Those dark, ionized bubbles grew bigger over roughly half a billion years, as galaxies grew and merged, leaving less and less luminous hydrogen between them. — Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, "The Quest to Unlock the Secrets of the Baby Universe," 26 Aug. 2019 Bought in 1968, the luminous muse stands under the dome of the museum’s 1916 building, a centerpiece location that emphasizes the work’s quality as one of the artist’s greatest sculptures. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Remembering Henry Hawley: Cleveland Museum of Art decorative arts curator with amazing eye for excellence," 25 Aug. 2019 Film fans may best remember Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 adaptation with its luminous cast. — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, "Is Timothée Chalamet as smoldering as William Shatner was in the 1970s version of ‘Little Women’?," 17 Aug. 2019 The Tommy Hilfiger collaborator rocked several chic bikinis throughout the trip, including a seriously revealing, luminous orange number by Danielle Guizio and a strapless bikini by fellow Victoria's Secret model Devon Windsor. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Gigi Hadid and Her Sisters Were Allegedly Robbed During Their Mykonos Vacation," 10 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'luminous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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