Synonyms for illuminate
ɪˈlu məˌneɪtil·lu·mi·nate

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1. illuminateverb

   Synonyms:
   illumine

2. illuminateverb

   to shine light on something

   Synonyms:
   illumine

3. illuminateverb

   to decorate something with lights

   Synonyms:
   illumine

4. illuminateverb

   to clarify or make something understandable

   Synonyms:
   illumine

5. illuminateverb

   to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs

   Synonyms:
   illumine

6. illuminateverb

   To make spectacular

   Synonyms:
   illumine

7. illuminateverb

   to glow

   Synonyms:
   illumine

8. illuminateverb

   to be exposed to light

   Synonyms:
   illumine

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. illuminate

   Synonyms:
   lighten, enlighten, emblazon, irradiate

   Antonyms:
   darken, obscure, bedim

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminateverb

   make lighter or brighter

   "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

   Synonyms:
   brighten, fire up, enlighten, get down, crystalize, clear up, ignite, shed light on, illumine, dismount, perch, sort out, clear, get off, elucidate, alight, crystallise, light up, straighten out, fall, light, crystallize, unhorse, crystalise, illume

2. clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidateverb

   make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

   "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

   Synonyms:
   discharge, earn, take in, classify, elucidate, illumine, unsnarl, pull in, wrap up, enlighten, sack, authorize, assoil, irradiate, shed light on, finish up, crystalise, see the light, light up, light, crystalize, make, polish off, crystallise, sort, tidy, gain, illume, mop up, clarify, correct, realise, finish off, edify, solve, exculpate, assort, unclutter, class, put right, pass, neaten, square away, effloresce, clean up, discipline, acquit, brighten, reform, authorise, separate, crystallize, clear up, bring in, exonerate, straighten out, sack up, top, clear, sort out, tidy up, realize, iron out, disentangle, get through, straighten, net

3. illuminateverb

   add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

   Synonyms:
   crystallise, clear up, shed light on, sort out, crystalise, light up, crystalize, enlighten, illumine, light, straighten out, elucidate, crystallize, illume, clear

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1. • Art
   • Decorate

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1. luminous

   Submitted by anonymous on October 5, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. illuminateverb

   Synonyms:
   enlighten, illumine, illume, supply with light

2. illuminateverb

   Synonyms:
   adorn with lights (as a building), light up

3. illuminateverb

   Synonyms:
   adorn with colored letters

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1. List of paraphrases for "illuminate":

   enlighten, inform, brighten

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How to use illuminate in a sentence?

1. Fred Devos:

   The landscape in this cave is notably altered, which leads us to think that prehistoric human beings extracted tons of ocher from it, perhaps, seeing the need to light bonfires to illuminate their space.

2. Unknown:

   The difficulties we experience Always illuminate the lessons we need most.

3. Jonah Hill:

   As I go forward as an artist, I can take all these kids that were raised the same way as I was, learning the same lessons, and help illuminate why maybe some of them weren't the best lessons in the entire world.

4. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Altered opinions do not alter a man's character (or do so very little); but they do illuminate individual aspects of the constellation of his personality which with a different constellation of opinions had hitherto remained dark and unrecognizable.

5. James Arthur Baldwin:

   The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.