- illuminating, enlightening - highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information"
Antonyms: unilluminating, unenlightening
- illuminating - providing light; "the sun's illuminating rays"
Antonym: dark (indirect, via light)
- light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate - make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
--1 is one way to lighten, lighten up
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun illumination2, noun illumination4, noun illuminant1
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- clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
--2 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun illumination3
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- illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
--3 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun illumination5
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