luminous

Speech parts

1. luminous - Adjective

2. luminous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.

Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.

Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shining clear lucid lucent bright brilliant incandescent glowing radiant sparkling gleaming resplendent perspicuous luminescent effulgent
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Antonyms

misty bowery black gray difficult complex
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Related terms

illuminate luminal lumic

Phrases with the word

luminous body luminous orb luminous power luminous flux intensity luminous source luminous element

Examples

a house aglow with lights Source: Internet

glowing embers Source: Internet

lambent tongues of flame Source: Internet

the lucent moon Source: Internet

a sky luminous with stars Source: Internet

47 Tucanae – the second most luminous globular cluster in the Milky Way, after Omega Centauri Core-collapse is thought to occur when the more massive stars in a globular cluster encounter their less massive companions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

luminosity distance luminosity function luminotherapy luminous as a star luminous blink luminous blue