Shine Synonyms and Antonyms

shīn
To reflect light
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beam
  2. glow
  3. gleam
  4. radiate
  5. glisten
  6. look good
  7. blaze
  8. be bright
  9. grow bright
  10. burn
  11. be effulgent
  12. scintillate
  13. have a gloss
  14. give back
  15. give light
  16. deflect
  17. incandesce
  18. mirror
Antonyms:
  1. dull
To give forth light
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beam
  2. glitter
  3. glow
  4. radiate
  5. blaze
  6. light
  7. glare
  8. flash
  9. dazzle
  10. sparkle
  11. illuminate
  12. twinkle
  13. irradiate
  14. glisten
  15. shimmer
  16. glint
  17. gleam
  18. scintillate
  19. flourish
  20. glimmer
  21. buff
  22. burnish
  23. coruscate
  24. excel
  25. illumine
  26. finish
  27. flare
  28. blink
  29. shoot out beams
  30. glitz
  31. gloss
  32. bedazzle
  33. luminesce
  34. flicker
  35. luster
  36. polish
  37. radiance
  38. flower
  39. ray
  40. reflect
  41. rub
  42. sheen
  43. splendor
  44. surpass
  45. wax
Antonyms:
  1. dull
To cause to shine, usually by polishing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. polish
  2. burnish
  3. buff
  4. furbish
  5. glaze
  6. brighten
  7. scour
  8. brush
  9. put a gloss on
  10. put a finish on
  11. finish
  12. wax
  13. reflect
  14. polish-up
  15. gloss
  16. polish to a high luster
  17. give a sheen to
  18. make brilliant
  19. make glitter
  20. sleek
  21. smooth
  22. smoothen
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fall
  2. strike
A radiant brightness or glow, usually due to light reflected from a smooth surface
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burnish
  2. glaze
  3. gloss
  4. luster
  5. radiance
  6. polish
  7. radiancy
  8. sheen
  9. sleekness
  10. effulgence
  11. refulgence
  12. refulgency
Antonyms:
  1. dullness
  2. darkness

Words Related to Shine

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. clean
  2. thrive
  3. shines
  4. shine-brightly
  5. shine-out
  6. brilliant-light
  7. setting-sun
  8. dewy
  9. lamp-light

Shine Sentence Examples

  • Does the sun shine in your country?

  • The room was dark aside from curtains opened to allow the moon to shine through.

  • The stars didn't shine quite so bright in the immortal world, and the sky didn't seem as endless.

  • For the light was intended to shine, and the hidden was meant to be revealed.

  • Tug, scream, shine the flashlight, throw the pitchfork toward the barn.

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