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luminous
[ loo-muh-nuhs ]
adjective
- radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
Synonyms: brilliant, resplendent, radiant, lucid
Antonyms: dark
- lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted:
the luminous ballroom.
Antonyms: dark
- brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works:
a luminous concept; luminous prose.
Synonyms: intelligent, bright
Antonyms: stupid
- clear; readily intelligible:
a concise, luminous report.
Synonyms: lucid, perspicuous, understandable
Antonyms: obscure
luminous
/ ˈluːmɪnəs /
adjective
- radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowing
luminous colours
- not in technical use exhibiting luminescence
luminous paint
- full of light; well-lit
- See radiant(of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurements Compare radiant
luminous flux
luminous intensity
- easily understood; lucid; clear
- enlightening or wise
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Derived Forms
- ˈluminousness, noun
- ˈluminously, adverb
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Other Words From
- lumi·nous·ly adverb
- lumi·nous·ness noun
- non·lumi·nous adjective
- non·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- non·lumi·nous·ness noun
- self-lumi·nous adjective
- semi·lumi·nous adjective
- semi·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- semi·lumi·nous·ness noun
- un·lumi·nous adjective
- un·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- un·lumi·nous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of luminous1
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Example Sentences
There he claims he saw a luminous object change colors several times then vanish into the night sky.
Reviews when the play was at Steppenwolf in Chicago described her as luminous.
Her luminous face has been preserved forever, and multiplies with every tribute.
However, astronomers have spotted a few luminous black hole pairs, mostly in chaotic galaxies in the early stages of a merger.
Silverstone will “show you the way to have a luminous, present, ailment-free pregnancy.”
The red glow was so brilliant that the whole river was tinged and made luminous by it.
Gwynne's mind seemed to darken until only one luminous point confronted it, the visible tormented soul of his kinsman.
The glowing heavens, luminous athwart the clouds of fine, suspended sand, laid this ominous hint of dream upon the entire day.
He laughed in his luminous and excited way, and, seizing both her hands, kissed them one after the other.
In the black light, luminous fingers suddenly showed themselves.
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