enlightening

Meanings

Verb

• make understand
• give spiritual insight to; in religion
• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
• present participle and gerund of enlighten

Adjective

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  • "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"
• enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

Adj

• Serving to enlighten.

Synonyms

clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, edify, edifying, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, illuminating, informative, irradiate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out

Antonyms

unedifying, unenlightening