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

Matched Categories

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "illuminate":

   enlighten, inform, brighten

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How to use illuminate in a sentence?

1. Christen Kuikoua:

   Life shines its brightest when we choose to live sunny side up, letting the radiance of positivity illuminate every step. Just as the lens captures my essence in this moment, may we all capture the joy that life offers, frame by frame.

2. David Asher:

   What the DNI did was not an all-source investigation, it was simply a deep dive into previously unanalyzed intelligence, they failed to illuminate further the previously declassified information.

3. Sonika Patel:

   Our goal is to connect with a younger audience and illuminate how the gut is the starting place for so much about how we feel, bright, fun and musical, our new direction calls attention to how much of your daily life is affected by your gut.

4. Jack Kim:

   In this year of the seventh party congress, the military and the people accomplished the great success in the first hydrogen bomb test and the launch of an earth observation satellite, Kwangmyongsong-4, to brilliantly illuminate the prowess of Juche Joson, unprecedented results have been accomplished.

5. Emil Nolde:

   Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.