luminous
radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom.
brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works: a luminous concept; luminous prose.
clear; readily intelligible: a concise, luminous report.
Origin of luminous
1Other words for luminous
Opposites for luminous
Other words from luminous
- lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
- lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
- non·lu·mi·nous, adjective
- non·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
- non·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
- self-lu·mi·nous, adjective
- sem·i·lu·mi·nous, adjective
- sem·i·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
- sem·i·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
- un·lu·mi·nous, adjective
- un·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
- un·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
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How to use luminous in a sentence
Her eyes were still luminously blue, and she let them dwell on Robert one gentle instant, giving him her hand humbly.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George MeredithYard-long antennae, slender and luminously green, wavered above a grotesque head.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousThey glowed luminously into Ed Meyers' pale blue ones until that gentleman dropped his eyelids in confusion.
Roast Beef, Medium | Edna Ferber"There is one here," said Rollo, his face brightening up very luminously as he spoke.
Rollo in Switzerland | Jacob AbbottThe judge summed up with the usual luminously obvious alternate platitudes.
Strange Stories | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for luminous
/ (ˈluːmɪnəs) /
radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowing: luminous colours
(not in technical use) exhibiting luminescence: luminous paint
full of light; well-lit
(of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurements: luminous flux; luminous intensity Compare radiant
easily understood; lucid; clear
enlightening or wise
Origin of luminous
1Derived forms of luminous
- luminously, adverb
- luminousness, noun
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