Synonyms for shine
ʃaɪnshine

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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

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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.

   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

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

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1. shine

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. zazzle

   to shine; to give off a strong glow

   her enthusiastic personality can really zazzle when she is being her true self.

   Submitted by anonymous on July 20, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shineverb

   Synonyms:
   beam, radiate, glitter, glisten, glow, blaze, be bright, be brilliant, emit rays of light

2. shineverb

   Synonyms:
   be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuous

3. shinenoun

   Synonyms:
   fair weather

4. shinenoun

   Synonyms:
   brightness, splendor, lustre, brilliancy, polish, gloss

5. shinenoun

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. S.] liking, fancy

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "shine":

   glow, glisten, brightness, shard, twinkle, shining, sparkle, shone

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How to use shine in a sentence?

1. Lori McKenna:

   I know as an artist that I don’t have the accessibility to have ever given the song what he has given it, to ever really give other people the chance to hear it. For someone to take something that you wrote and just shine it so bright like that, it sort of makes it as much his song, if not more, than me … I feel like it’s been such a gift for him to be able to share it with the people the way he has. I’m just blessed that I’m part of it, to be honest.

2. Charlie Sheen:

   Stigma prevents people from getting tested, it prevents people from getting treated, and it can contribute to increased rates of infection. In this new era of prevention and treatment, including methods like PrEP, the media must take this opportunity to end the stigma and shine light on the stories of more than 1.2 million Americans living full lives with HIV today.

3. Sean Patrick Maloney:

   We're capping seniors' out-of-pocket costs in the Medicare program. That's a big deal. So now, only two thouand dollars a year will come out-of-pocket, rain or shine, that allows seniors to budget. We're also negotiating, finally, in the Medicare program with the big prescription drug companies to lower the cost of everybody's prescription drugs. That's long overdue.

4. Trey Taylor:

   What's nice about our rivers and systems is that could be 24/7 power, not to ding wind or solar, but the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine. But river currents, depending on the river, could be 24/7.

5. Orie G Tomlin:

   May your heart alway's be warm, and may love be the first to live in your soul, may the sun shine opon you with joy and BLIND THE LOW LIFES THAT TRY TO F--K THINGS UP