illuminating

The word “illuminating” has 5 syllables: il-lu-mi-na-ting

It's pronounced as /ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for illuminating?

In the thesaurus, “illuminating” has 139 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for illuminating

accenting
accentuating
advertising
analyzing
annotating
availing
bathing
beaconing
beaming
bearing down on
bedazzling
beneficial
bettering
blazing
blinding
boosting
breaking down
brightening
burning
chatty
clarifying
commentating
communicatory
comprehensive
constructive
construing
copious
dazing
dazzling
deciphering
decoding
defining
demonstrating
demystifying
detailed
disentangling
edifying
educating
educational
educative
elevating
elucidating
elucidative
emblazing
emphasizing
enhaloing
enlightening
ennobling
enriching
ensouling
exalting
explaining
explanatory
explicating
expounding
featuring
firing
flaming
floodlighting
fluorescent
focusing
focussing
foregrounding
full
getting across
glaring
gleaming
glistening
glittering
glorifying
glossing
glowing
gossipy
haloing
helpful
highlighting
identifying
igniting
illuminated
illuming
illumining
illustrating
imaging
improving
incandescent
incinerating
informational
informative
informatory
inspiring
instructional
instructive
interpreting
irradiating
kindling
lifting
lightening
lighting
luminescent
making much of
newsy
nurturing
overplaying
pictorializing
picturing
pinpointing
playing up
plugging
practical
pressing
profitable
promoting
publicizing
punctuating
radiating
regenerating
renewing
resolving
serviceable
shining
simplifying
solving
specifying
spelling out
spotlighting
stressing
transfiguring
transforming
undoing
unraveling
unriddling
unscrambling
untangling
uplifting
usable
useable
useful
visualizing
worthwhile

Antonyms for illuminating

beclouding
befogging
belittling
blackening
clouding
confounding
confusing
covering
darkening
de-emphasizing
dimming
discounting
disparaging
dousing
dowsing
dulling
extinguishing
impractical
minimizing
obfuscating
obscuring
perplexing
playing down
putting out
puzzling
quenching
shrouding
underemphasizing
understating
unenlightening
unhelpful
unilluminating
uninformative
uninstructive
unusable
useless
veiling

Meanings of illuminating

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. Providing illumination or light.
2. Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.

Example Sentences

Her illuminating explanation clarified the complex topic for everyone in the room.
The documentary provided an illuminating insight into the life of the artist.
The professor's lecture was illuminating, offering new perspectives on historical events.
The sunrise over the mountains was truly illuminating, casting a golden glow across the landscape.
Reading his autobiography was an illuminating experience, revealing the challenges he overcame throughout his life.

On this page you'll find 176 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to illuminating, such as: accenting, accentuating, advertising, analyzing, annotating, availing, bathing.

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