Thesaurus:illuminate

Thesaurus

illuminate

English

Verb

Sense: to supply with light

Synonyms

• alight (archaic)
• belight
• beshine (dialect)
• enlighten
• fire
• illume (archaic)
• illuminate
• illumine
• illustrate (obsolete)
• irradiate
• light    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lighten
• light up
• luster (obsolete)
• lustrate (obsolete)
• shed light on
•   —
• cast light on, throw light on, etc.
• pour light on, shed light on, etc.

Antonyms

• endarken

Hyponyms

• glisten    [⇒ thesaurus]
• flash
• shine    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “420. light” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “illuminate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.