radiance | Definition of radiance

Synonyms and Antonyms of radiance

1 the quality or state of having or giving off light

the radiance of the midday sun created a harsh glare for the skiers

Synonyms of radiance

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

Words Related to radiance

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 radiance

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

Antonyms of radiance

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

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

had a dream in which she was steadily moving down a dark tunnel toward a radiance at the far end

Synonyms of radiance

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

Words Related to radiance

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 radiance

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