Antonyms for shine
ʃaɪnshine

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shinenoun

   To emit light.

   Synonyms:
   refulgency, beam, glow, radiate, effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, radiance

2. shineverb

   To reflect light.

   Synonyms:
   luster, glisten, gleam, reflect, glint, glitter

3. shinenoun

   Excellence in quality or appearance.

   My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shined at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.

   Synonyms:
   excel, splendor, brilliance

4. shineverb

   Shoeshine.

   Synonyms:
   shoeshine

5. shinenoun

   To polish (something).

   He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.

   Synonyms:
   smoothen, sunshine, polish, smooth

6. shineverb

   To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

   Synonyms:
   moonshine

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shine

   Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.

   Antonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

   Synonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shine

   Antonyms:
   fade, wane, loom, glimmer, gleam, fail

   Synonyms:
   beam, brighten, gleam, give, light, glow, sparkle, glitter, radiate, glisten, excel

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Be
   • Emit
   • Feel
   • Occur

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgencyverb

   the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

   Synonyms:
   refulgence, refulgency, effulgence, radiance, glow, glowing, radiancy

2. reflect, shineverb

   be bright by reflecting or casting light

   "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, contemplate, speculate, radiate, strike, glisten, reflect, chew over, glitter, excogitate, gleam, beam, smoothen, mull over, think over, polish, ponder, muse, ruminate, glow, meditate, glint, fall, reverberate, mull

3. shine, beamverb

   emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

   "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, beam, smoothen, polish, reflect, broadcast, glitter, air, gleam, transmit, strike, glint, fall, glisten, glow, send, radiate

4. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb

   be shiny, as if wet

   "His eyes were glistening"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, beam, glimmer, peek, radiate, polish, reflect, glance, smoothen, glitter, gleam, strike, glint, fall, glisten, glow

5. shineverb

   be distinguished or eminent

   "His talent shines"

   Synonyms:
   radiate, fall, glisten, glint, strike, beam, reflect, smoothen, gleam, polish, smooth, glow, glitter

6. shineverb

   be clear and obvious

   "A shining example"

   Synonyms:
   radiate, fall, glisten, glint, strike, beam, reflect, smoothen, gleam, polish, smooth, glow, glitter

7. glow, beam, radiate, shineverb

   have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

   "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, beam, reflect, diversify, ray, radiate, strike, burn, broadcast, smoothen, glitter, air, polish, gleam, transmit, glint, fall, glisten, glow, send

8. shineverb

   throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

   "Shine the light on that window, please"

   Synonyms:
   radiate, fall, glisten, glint, strike, beam, reflect, smoothen, gleam, polish, smooth, glow, glitter

9. fall, shine, strikeverb

   touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

   "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"

   Synonyms:
   reflect, settle, beam, excise, descend, fall down, lessen, decrease, hit, radiate, attain, return, glisten, fall upon, chance on, go down, take, diminish, flow, glow, strike, chance upon, move, come down, assume, devolve, coin, fall, walk out, impinge on, affect, run into, scratch, happen upon, glint, pass, smooth, gleam, accrue, mint, strickle, impress, hang, come across, take up, come to, come, expunge, come upon, precipitate, glitter, collide with, light upon, smoothen, light, discover, polish

10. glow, beam, radiate, shineverb

    experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

    "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"

    Synonyms:
    smooth, beam, reflect, diversify, ray, radiate, strike, burn, broadcast, smoothen, glitter, air, polish, gleam, transmit, glint, fall, glisten, glow, send

11. polish, smooth, smoothen, shineverb

    make (a surface) shine

    "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

    Synonyms:
    smooth, polish up, smoothen, polish, strike, reflect, glow, gleam, down, beam, fine-tune, glitter, brush up, refine, radiate, glint, fall, glisten, smooth out, round, round off

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1. shinenoun

   Synonyms:
   luster, polish, gloss, sheen, radiance, resplendence, brilliancy, lucency, glaze

2. shinenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) liking, fancy, caper, antic, dido

3. shineverb

   Synonyms:
   beam, radiate, gleam, irradiate, glisten, glow, glitter, flare, glare, excel, surpass, polish

How to use shine in a sentence?

1. Irish Blessing:

   May the road rise to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

2. Andrew Lipsman:

   It never had its media moment, it was sandwiched between Twitter's hyper-growth, and then almost immediately after came Instagram and Snapchat. Just as Pinterest had its chance to shine, it was competing for attention with other key players.

3. Farooq:

   If you want to shine like sun, first you have to burn like it.

4. Christopher Wray:

   There are some important things that are getting lost here in respect to that case, it’s the FBI who initiated this investigation, it’s the FBI and our agents that painstakingly and methodically put the case together against him, and it’s the FBI that arrested him….I think [what] the charges in that case demonstrate is the FBI’s willingness as an organization to shine a bright light on conduct that is totally unacceptable, including when it happens from one of our own people, and to hold those people accountable.

5. Lauren Weiss:

   This planet formed at a time when the majority of stars in The Milky Way galaxy were first beginning to shine.

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