GLEAMING Synonyms

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• marked by exceptional merit

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• reflecting light

• cheerful and bright

• pleased and proud

• radiating or as if radiating light

• emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

• not made dim or less bright

• with brightness

• having strong or striking color

• characterized by quickness and ease in learning

• having lots of light either natural or artificial

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• splendid

• clear and sharp and ringing

• characterized by happiness or gladness

• likely to turn out well in the future

• amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

• shining intensely

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding

• reflecting light

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• emitting light not caused by heat

• softly bright or radiant

• radiating or as if radiating light

• brilliantly clever

• marked by high spirits or excitement

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars

• commanding attention

• causing great astonishment and consternation

• causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility

• strikingly beautiful or attractive

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• shining intermittently with a sparkling light

• a weak and tremulous light

• shine with a weak or fitful light

• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• a momentary flash of light

• a spatially localized brightness

• be shiny, as if wet

• throw a glance at; take a brief look at

• an alert and refreshed state

• light from nonthermal sources

• the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

• a feeling of considerable warmth

• a steady even light without flames

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• an appearance of reflected light

• emit a steady even light without flames

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• shine intensely, as if with heat

• be exuberant or high-spirited

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

• be bright by reflecting or casting light

• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

• be shiny, as if wet

• be distinguished or eminent

• be clear and obvious

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• make (a surface) shine