English Synonym Finder

illuminated

Definitions

Lit with bright lights; made bright or radiant.

Decorated with elaborate designs, gold, or silver, as in a medieval manuscript.

Clarified or explained; made intellectually or spiritually enlightened.

Examples

The ancient cathedral was beautifully illuminated by hundreds of flickering candles.

A single streetlamp illuminated the dark alleyway, casting long shadows against the brick walls.

The scientist's research illuminated the complex relationship between climate change and biodiversity loss.

Synonyms

lit brightened shining luminous radiant enlightened clarified

Antonyms

darkened dimmed shadowed obscured shaded clouded murky