Luminous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light.
  • adj. Full of light; illuminated. See Synonyms at bright.
  • adj. Easily comprehended; clear: luminous prose.
  • adj. Enlightened and intelligent; inspiring: luminous ideas.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. emitting light; glowing brightly
  • adj. brightly illuminated
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright
  • adj. Illuminated; full of light; bright.
  • adj. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Radiating or reflecting light; giving out light, whether as an original or as a secondary source; illuminating; shining; radiant; bright.
  • Producing or adapted to produce light; having the power of yielding light.
  • Lighted up; illuminated; bright; clear; resplendent; rendering an effect of lightness or brightness, as a work of art or a color.
  • Figuratively, brilliant; bright or resplendent to the mind.
  • Clear or evident to the mind, as if emitting light or as if illuminated; of such a nature as to be readily apprehended by the understanding.
  • Characterized by perspicuity of thought: as, a luminous intellect
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. softly bright or radiant
  • Equivalent
    bright   
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    clear    perspicuous    shining    lucid    brilliant    bright    illuminated    enlightened    intelligent    intelligible   
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    golden    silvery    radiant    transparent    dim    fiery    yellow    bluish