Thesaurus: luminous

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1. a. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
2. a. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
3. a. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.
4. adj. softly bright or radiant
5. 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." Macaulay. " A luminous statement." Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn. -- Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
6. j:100 s softly bright or radiant