Thesaurus
:
illuminate
T
hesaurus
illuminate
English
Verb
Sense: to supply with light
Synonyms
alight
(
archaic
)
belight
beshine
(
dialect
)
bright
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.