illuminated

The word “illuminated” has 5 syllables: il-lu-mi-na-ted

It's pronounced as /ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪtɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for illuminated?

In the thesaurus, “illuminated” has 123 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for illuminated along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for illuminated

  • ablaze
  • accented
  • accentuated
  • advertised
  • alight
  • analyzed
  • annotated
  • bathed
  • beaconed
  • beamed
  • bedazzled
  • bettered
  • blazed
  • blinded
  • boosted
  • bore down on
  • bright
  • brightened
  • broke down
  • burned
  • burnt
  • clarified
  • commentated
  • construed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • deciphered
  • decoded
  • defined
  • demonstrated
  • demystified
  • disentangled
  • edified
  • educated
  • elevated
  • elucidated
  • emblazed
  • emphasized
  • enhaloed
  • enlightened
  • ennobled
  • enriched
  • ensouled
  • exalted
  • explained
  • explicated
  • expounded
  • featured
  • fired
  • flamed
  • floodlighted
  • floodlit
  • focused
  • focussed
  • foregrounded
  • glared
  • gleamed
  • glistened
  • glittered
  • glorified
  • glossed
  • glowed
  • got across
  • haloed
  • highlighted
  • identified
  • ignited
  • illumed
  • illumined
  • illustrated
  • imaged
  • improved
  • incinerated
  • inspired
  • interpreted
  • irradiated
  • kindled
  • lifted
  • light
  • lighted
  • lightened
  • lightsome
  • lit
  • lit up
  • made much of
  • moonlit
  • nurtured
  • overplayed
  • pictorialized
  • pictured
  • pinpointed
  • played up
  • plugged
  • pressed
  • promoted
  • publicized
  • punctuated
  • radiated
  • regenerated
  • renewed
  • resolved
  • shined
  • shiny
  • shone
  • simplified
  • solved
  • specified
  • spelled out
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • stressed
  • sunlit
  • sunny
  • sunshiny
  • transfigured
  • transformed
  • undid
  • unraveled
  • unriddled
  • unscrambled
  • untangled
  • uplifted
  • visualized

Antonyms for illuminated

  • beclouded
  • befogged
  • belittled
  • blackened
  • clouded
  • cloudy
  • confounded
  • confused
  • covered
  • dark
  • darkened
  • darkish
  • darkling
  • de-emphasized
  • dimmed
  • discounted
  • disparaged
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • dulled
  • dusk
  • dusky
  • extinguished
  • gloomy
  • gray
  • grey
  • leaden
  • lightless
  • lightproof
  • minimized
  • murky
  • obfuscated
  • obscured
  • pale
  • perplexed
  • pitch-black
  • pitch-dark
  • played down
  • put out
  • puzzled
  • quenched
  • shadowlike
  • shadowy
  • shrouded
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sunless
  • tenebrous
  • underemphasized
  • understated
  • unlit
  • veiled

Meanings of illuminated

  • verb
    1. To shine light on something.
    2. To decorate something with lights.
    3. To clarify or make something understandable.
    4. To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
    5. To make spectacular.
    6. To glow; to light up.
    7. To be exposed to light.
    8. To direct a radar beam toward.
  • adjective
    1. Irradiated by light, lit.
    2. (of a manuscript) decorated and illustrated.

Example Sentences

  • The stained glass windows illuminated the cathedral with a kaleidoscope of colors.
  • The streetlights illuminated the path, guiding travelers through the dark night.
  • The discovery of ancient artifacts illuminated our understanding of the civilization's history.
  • The moon illuminated the landscape, casting long shadows across the fields.
  • His brilliant idea illuminated the discussion, shedding new light on the problem at hand.

On this page you'll find 175 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to illuminated, such as: ablaze, accented, accentuated, advertised, alight, analyzed, annotated.

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Related Words

made much of

  • accented
  • accentuated
  • advertised
  • boosted
  • bore down on
  • emphasized
  • featured
  • focused
  • focussed
  • foregrounded
  • highlighted
  • identified
  • illuminated
  • overplayed
  • pinpointed
  • played up
  • plugged
  • pressed
  • promoted
  • publicized
  • punctuated
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • stressed

nailed

  • abducted
  • abiding
  • absolute
  • adjusted
  • affirmed
  • airtight
  • anchored
  • apprehended
  • arrested
  • assured
  • at a standstill
  • at rest
  • attached
  • bagged
  • balanced
  • banged
  • bashed
  • batted
  • battered
  • bayed
  • beaned
  • beat
  • belted
  • biffed
  • blew the whistle on
  • blind
  • blocked
  • bludgeoned
  • bobbed
  • bolted
  • bonked
  • bopped
  • bound
  • boxed
  • braced
  • brained
  • brick-wall
  • buffeted
  • bumped
  • bunged
  • bunted
  • bust
  • busted
  • butted
  • buttoned-down
  • calm
  • caned
  • captured
  • categorical
  • caught
  • cemented
  • choking
  • chopped
  • cinched
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • clarified
  • clasped
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • clinched
  • clipped
  • clobbered
  • clocked
  • closed
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • clumped
  • clutched
  • collared
  • committed
  • concluded
  • confined
  • conked
  • copped
  • cornered
  • corralled
  • cracked
  • cramping
  • creamed
  • crushing
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • cutting
  • debunked
  • decided
  • decked
  • deep-rooted
  • defined
  • demolished
  • demonstrated
  • destined
  • detained
  • determined
  • disclosed
  • discredited
  • disproved
  • distinct
  • divulged
  • drubbed
  • dumped
  • durable
  • embedded
  • emphatic
  • enchained
  • ended
  • enduring
  • enmeshed
  • ensnared
  • ensured
  • entangled
  • entrapped
  • equable
  • established
  • even
  • explicit
  • exposed
  • express
  • fast
  • fastened
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  • finished
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  • for sure
  • fortified
  • frozen
  • glommed
  • gloved
  • got
  • grabbed
  • grappled
  • grasped
  • gripped
  • haltered
  • hammered
  • handcuffed
  • held
  • hermetic
  • hermetically sealed
  • hit
  • hitched
  • hooked
  • hung one on
  • illuminated
  • immeshed
  • immobile
  • immobilized
  • immotile
  • immovable
  • immured
  • immutable
  • impenetrable
  • impermeable
  • impervious
  • imprisoned
  • in the bag
  • incarcerated
  • indisputable
  • inert
  • insured
  • interned
  • invariable
  • iron
  • jabbed
  • jailed
  • jostled
  • jugged
  • kicked
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • kneed
  • knocked
  • knocked down
  • laced
  • lambasted
  • landed
  • lashed
  • lassoed
  • lasting
  • leveled
  • levelled
  • licked
  • located
  • locked
  • made fast
  • manacled
  • mangled
  • mauled
  • meshed
  • moored
  • motionless
  • mounted
  • nabbed
  • nailed down
  • netted
  • nicked
  • nobbled
  • obstructed
  • on ice
  • padlocked
  • parked
  • pasted
  • pat
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • perdurable
  • permanent
  • petrified
  • picked up
  • pinched
  • pinching
  • plugged
  • poised
  • poked
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • positive
  • pounded
  • prearranged
  • predetermined
  • prodded
  • pronounced
  • proof
  • proved
  • pulled in
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • punched
  • pushed
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • rabbit-punched
  • ran in
  • rapped
  • rearrested
  • reliable
  • remanded
  • rended
  • rent
  • resolute
  • resolved
  • restrained
  • rigid
  • riveted
  • robust
  • rooted
  • roped
  • roughed
  • runaway
  • safe
  • safe and sound
  • sapped
  • screwed
  • scuffed
  • secure
  • secured
  • seized
  • set
  • set in stone
  • settled
  • shackled
  • short
  • shoved
  • showed
  • showed up
  • shrunken
  • shut
  • situated
  • skintight
  • skulled
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slashed
  • sledged
  • sledgehammered
  • slogged
  • slugged
  • smacked
  • smote
  • smothering
  • snagged
  • snapped
  • snared
  • snatched
  • socked
  • soldered
  • solid
  • solid as a rock
  • sound
  • speared
  • specified
  • spiked
  • stabbed
  • stabile
  • stable
  • stagnant
  • stalwart
  • stamped
  • standing
  • stated
  • static
  • stationary
  • staunch
  • staying put
  • steadfast
  • steady
  • stiff
  • still
  • stipulated
  • stock-still
  • stolid
  • stopped up
  • stout
  • stroked
  • strong
  • struck
  • sturdy
  • substantial
  • sucker punched
  • sure
  • swatted
  • swiped
  • switched
  • tagged
  • tapped
  • taut
  • tenacious
  • thrashed
  • thumped
  • thwacked
  • tied
  • tied-up
  • tight
  • tightened
  • together
  • told
  • tough
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • trapped
  • unalterable
  • unambiguous
  • unchangeable
  • uncloaked
  • uncomfortable
  • uncovered
  • undeniable
  • undisputed
  • undressed
  • unequivocal
  • unfluctuating
  • uniform
  • unmasked
  • unmistakable
  • unmovable
  • unmoving
  • unquestionable
  • unshakable
  • unvarying
  • unveiled
  • unwavering
  • walloped
  • watertight
  • welded
  • well-built
  • well-founded
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whipped
  • wrested
  • zapped

radiated

  • arose
  • astral
  • beamed
  • bedazzled
  • bespangled
  • blazed
  • blinded
  • blinked
  • branched
  • bright
  • brightened
  • broadcast
  • burned
  • burnt
  • cast
  • catholic
  • celestial
  • channeled
  • circulated
  • coruscated
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • derived
  • diffused
  • diluted
  • discharged
  • dispelled
  • dispersed
  • disseminated
  • dissipated
  • distributed
  • diverged
  • divided
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • emanated
  • emitted
  • erupted
  • evacuated
  • evolved
  • excreted
  • exhaled
  • expanded
  • expelled
  • expired
  • extended
  • exuded
  • fired
  • flamed
  • flared
  • flashed
  • flickered
  • flowed
  • forked
  • gave out
  • general
  • glared
  • gleamed
  • glimmered
  • glinted
  • glistened
  • glistered
  • glittered
  • glittering
  • glowed
  • gushed
  • illuminated
  • illumined
  • irradiated
  • issued
  • jetted
  • lighted
  • lightened
  • lit
  • luminesced
  • luminous
  • lustered
  • lustred
  • lustrous
  • oozed
  • outpoured
  • parted
  • poured
  • prevalent
  • proceeded
  • propagated
  • ramified
  • rayed
  • released
  • scattered
  • scintillated
  • secreted
  • sent
  • separated
  • sheened
  • shimmered
  • shimmering
  • shined
  • shining
  • shone
  • shot
  • sidereal
  • spangled
  • sparkled
  • sparkling
  • spewed
  • splayed
  • split
  • spouted
  • sprang
  • sprayed
  • spread
  • sprung
  • spurted
  • squirted
  • stellar
  • stellary
  • stelliform
  • stemmed
  • strewn
  • thin
  • threw out
  • twinkled
  • unconcentrated
  • uncoupled
  • universal
  • unlinked
  • unyoked
  • vented
  • widespread
  • winked
  • winkled

ablaze

  • afire
  • aflame
  • aglow
  • alight
  • angry
  • aroused
  • blazing
  • bright
  • brightened
  • brilliant
  • broiling
  • burned
  • burning
  • burnt
  • charred
  • combusting
  • conflagrant
  • enflamed
  • enthusiastic
  • fervent
  • fiery
  • flaming
  • flaring
  • flashing
  • flickering
  • floodlighted
  • floodlit
  • frenzied
  • fuming
  • furious
  • gleaming
  • glowing
  • heated
  • highlighted
  • hot
  • ignited
  • illuminated
  • illumined
  • impassioned
  • incandescent
  • incensed
  • incinerated
  • inflamed
  • intense
  • kindled
  • light
  • lighted
  • lightsome
  • lit
  • live
  • luminous
  • moonlit
  • on fire
  • passionate
  • piping hot
  • radiant
  • raging
  • red-hot
  • refulgent
  • roasting
  • scalding
  • scorched
  • scorching
  • seared
  • searing
  • shiny
  • singed
  • sizzling
  • smoldering
  • smouldering
  • sparkling
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • stimulated
  • sunlit
  • sunny
  • sunshiny
  • vehement

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