luminous

a. ஔதபிறங்குகின்ற, ஔததிகழ்கின்ற, சுடர்ஔத வீசுகின்ற, இருளில் ஔத வீசுகின்ற, மின்னிடுகிற, மின்னொளிர்வுடைய, பளபளப்பான, மினுமினுப்புள்ள, எழுத்தாளர் வகையில் நல்விளக்கம் அளிக்கிற, எழுத்தாண்மை வகையில் விளங்க வைக்கிற.

Synonyms

shining bright resplendent incident luminous clear trans_parent crystalline pellucid distinct intelligible rational perspicuous orderly limpid lucent easily_under stood

Antonyms

dark unlustrous opaque turbid muddy obscure unintelligible confused unsolved insane mystified

Lu"mi*nous, a. Etym: [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.] 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.

luminous - Similar Words

fluminous aluminous voluminous leguminous illuminous albuminous numinous triluminous lumbaginous glutinous