Thesaurus:shine

Thesaurus

shine

English

Verb

Sense: to emit light

Synonyms

• beam
• beshine
• gleam
• glow
• illuminate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• illumine (rare)
• light up
• shine

Antonyms

• adumbrate
• darken
• obscure
• overshadow
• shade
• shadow

Hyponyms

• outglow
• outshine
•   —
• glare
•   —
• blink
• flash
• flicker
• glimmer
• shimmer
• twinkle
•   —
• fulgurate
• scintillate

Hypernyms

• emit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• illuminate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• irradiate
• radiate

Further reading

• “420. light” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “shine” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.