Synonyms for luster
ˈlʌs tərlus·ter

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1. luster

   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, illumination, incandescence, light, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendournoun

   a quality that outshines the usual

   Synonyms:
   sheen, shininess, brilliancy, splendor, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, brilliance, splendour, lustre

2. shininess, sheen, luster, lustrenoun

   the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

   Synonyms:
   brilliancy, lustre, sheen, splendor, splendour, shininess

3. luster, lustrenoun

   a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

   Synonyms:
   lustre, brilliancy, sheen, splendour, splendor, shininess

Matched Categories

1. • Brightness
   • Glaze
   • Shine

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lusternoun

   Synonyms:
   brightness, gloss, glitter, sheen, brilliancy

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

1. List of paraphrases for "luster":

   chandelier, lustre, glamour, splendor, brightness, gloria, glory, gloss

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1. Narendra Modi:

   We will experience the superpower of light, clearly illuminating the common purpose we are all fighting for, in that light, in that luster, in that radiance, let us resolve in our minds that we are not alone, that no one is alone.

2. Cate Meighan:

   I don't think that it will necessarily hurt Trevor Noah to bash Trump because just about everyone seems to, especially in late-night but it's not going to help him in the long run, eventually the topic of Trump will lose its luster and then Noah is back to scrambling to find that thing that makes him connect with audiences.

3. RJ Intindola:

   Relationships sometimes break like a falling vase into fifty pieces. And when you glue the vase back together, you realize it has lost the luster and pristine appearance that will never return. Now you have two choices. Keep it as it is or throw it away.

4. Hugh Anderson:

   When you're facing the turmoil that is all things Greece, and the quadruple witching, you'll have some pretty decent turmoil, 2015 has turned out to be a fairly 'noisy' market. You're getting a lot of luster without a lot of progress.

5. Phil Mueller:

   If it's available year round, it's kind of lost its luster, spray roses? That's boring.