illumination | Definition of illumination

Synonyms and Antonyms of illumination

1 a statement that makes something clear

the candidate's so-called illuminations of his views on a number of controversial issues left many voters in the dark

Synonyms of illumination

clarification, construction, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, illustration, interpretation, road map

Words Related to illumination

paraphrase, restatement, translation

annotation, comment, commentary, epexegesis, gloss

deciphering, decoding

disentanglement, unscrambling

edification, enlightenment

definition, meaning

demonstration, enactment

justification, rationale, rationalization, reasoning

caution, caveat, warning

2 the quality or state of having or giving off light

in that clime the illumination of the full moon on a clear night is so bright that you can practically read by it

Synonyms of illumination

brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor

Words Related to illumination

blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light

fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence

burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess

fire, flame, glare, glow

flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

Near Antonyms of illumination

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

Antonyms of illumination

blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

3 the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible

a steady illumination from the flashlight was all I had while changing the tire

Synonyms of illumination

blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam, glow, incandescence, light, luminescence, radiance, shine

Words Related to illumination

flash, glimmer, glint, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

daylight, moonlight, sunlight, sunshine

afterglow, aureole (or aureola), aurora, beam, halo, ray, shaft, streak, stream, sunbeam

glisten, gloss, luster (or lustre), polish, reflection, sheen

Near Antonyms of illumination

blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, duskiness, gloom, night, shadow