Synonyms for illumination
ɪˌlu məˈneɪ ʃənil·lu·mi·na·tion

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1. illumination

   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.

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

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

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1. light, illuminationnoun

   a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

   "follow God's light"

   Synonyms:
   miniature, igniter, lighting, clarification, lightness, sparkle, light source, brightness level, elucidation, spark, brightness, luminosity, lighter, visible radiation, luminousness, luminance, light, ignitor, twinkle, illuminance, visible light

2. illuminationnoun

   the degree of visibility of your environment

   Synonyms:
   illuminance, miniature, light, clarification, elucidation

3. clarification, elucidation, illuminationnoun

   an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

   "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"

   Synonyms:
   miniature, illuminance, clarification, light, clearing, elucidation

4. illuminance, illuminationnoun

   the luminous flux incident on a unit area

   Synonyms:
   miniature, illuminance, light, clarification, elucidation

5. miniature, illuminationnoun

   painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

   Synonyms:
   miniature, illuminance, light, toy, clarification, elucidation

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1. • Condition
   • Interpretation
   • Middle Ages
   • Painting
   • State

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1. List of paraphrases for "illumination":

   lighting, enlightenment, light, illuminating, illumi, irradiance, lights, ignition, epiphany

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1. Matt Taylor:

   We're using that to kind of nail down where we think we should be looking harder, once we get identification of where the lander is, that will give us a better fix on what we believe the illumination conditions are and a better idea of when we should expect the lander to have sufficient illumination to start charging its batteries and come back online.

2. John Adams:

   I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

3. Sir Winston Churchill:

   Statistics are like a drunk with a lampost: used more for support than illumination.

4. Bryant McGill:

   Seek for illumination of self, and then the world, through the simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love.

5. Brett Hankison:

   I saw an immediate illumination of fire.