LUSTERING Synonyms

• 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

• of surpassing excellence

• having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

• characterized by grandeur

• having strong or striking color

• full of light; shining intensely

• clear and sharp and ringing

• amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

• shining intensely

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• an appearance of reflected light

• bright with a steady but subdued shining

• reflecting light

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

• highly enthusiastic

• emitting light as a result of being heated

• characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• softly bright or radiant

• radiating or as if radiating light

• having great beauty and splendor

• 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

• 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

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

• shining intermittently with a sparkling light

• evoking lifelike images within the mind

• having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience

• having strong or striking color

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• a weak and tremulous light

• shine with a weak or fitful light

• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk