Shone Synonyms and Antonyms

zhōn; chiefly Brit zhän
To be in one's prime
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flowered
  2. flourished
Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beamed
  2. lit
  3. radiated
  4. glowed
  5. dazzled
  6. flashed
  7. glared
  8. glittered
  9. illuminated
  10. twinkled
  11. sparkled
  12. burnt
  13. buffed
  14. burnished
  15. scintillated
  16. coruscated
  17. irradiated
  18. blazed
  19. gleamed
  20. excelled
  21. finished
  22. flared
  23. glinted
  24. glimmered
  25. glossed
  26. waxed
  27. illumined
  28. surpassed
  29. blinked
  30. rubbed
  31. reflected
  32. bedazzled
  33. polished
  34. glistened
Antonyms:
  1. dulled
Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reflected
  2. glowed
  3. glistened
  4. gleamed
  5. beamed
  6. scintillated
  7. radiated
  8. deflected
Antonyms:
  1. dulled
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fallen
  2. struck
Be shiny, as if wet
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. glittered
  2. glistened
  3. glinted
  4. gleamed

Shone Sentence Examples

  • They rose and shone the light on her again.

  • Her face shone with a glowing smile like a summer sunrise.

  • Bright stars shone out here and there in the sky.

  • He lifted Selyn's eyelids and shone a light to watch her pupils.

  • He shone a light in her face before hauling her to her feet.

More Sentences

Related Articles