illuminating
Meanings
Verb
- make lighter or brighter
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
- present participle and gerund of illuminate.
Adjective
- tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- "an illuminating lecture"
Adj
- Providing illumination or light.
- Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.
Origin / Etymology
From illuminate + -ing.
Synonyms
clarifying, clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, enlightening, explanatory, illume, illuminate, illumine, informative, light, light up, revelatory, shed light on, sort out, straighten out
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
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