Synonyms for shine

verb

1. To give forth light

   radiate, beam, scintillate, glitter, sparkle, twinkle, glimmer, glare, glow, flash, blaze, shimmer, illumine, illuminate, blink, shoot out beams, irradiate, dazzle, bedazzle, flash, luminesce, flicker; see also sense 2, light 1.

2. To reflect light

   glisten, gleam, glow, look good, be bright, grow bright, be effulgent, scintillate, have a gloss, give back, give light, deflect, mirror; see also sense 1, reflect 3.

3. To cause to shine, usually by polishing

   polish, brighten, scour, brush, put a gloss on, put a finish on, finish, burnish, furbish, wax, buff, polish up, polish to a high luster, give a sheen to, make brilliant, make glitter; see also clean, glaze, polish. See syn. study at polish.