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  • 21lightness — Synonyms and related words: Munsell chroma, achroma, achromasia, achromatosis, agility, airiness, airy texture, albescence, albinism, albino, albinoism, amiable weakness, anemia, ashiness, attenuation, big deal, blondness, bloodlessness, bounce,… …

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  • 22lucidity — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, ESP, admission of light, appropriateness, balance, chasteness, chastity, clairsentience, clairvoyance, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clear cutness, clearness, coherence, comeliness, comprehensibility,… …

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  • 23radiance — Synonyms and related words: aura, blare, blaze, blaze of glory, blazing light, blinding light, blitheness, blithesomeness, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light, burst of light, charisma, cheer, cheerfulness,… …

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  • 24splendor — Synonyms and related words: Babylonian splendor, aura, beauty, blare, blaze, blaze of glory, blazing light, blinding light, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light, burst of light, charisma, dazzle, dazzling light,… …

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  • 25light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …

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  • 26luminance — luminousness, 1862, from L. luminantem (nom. luminans), prp. of luminare (see LUMINARY (Cf. luminary)) …

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  • 27luminous — [ lu:mɪnəs] adjective 1》 bright or shining, especially in the dark. 2》 Physics relating to visible light. Derivatives luminously adverb luminousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. lumineux or L. luminosus, from lumen, lumin light …

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  • 28brightness — n. 1. Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence, light, sheen, luminousness, luminosity, shine, glow, blaze, gloss, burnish, gleam, gleaming, beam, beaming, flash, flashing, flame, flaming, sparkle, sparkling. 2. Clearness …

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  • 29bright — I. a. 1. Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glittering, glistening, glistering, twinkling, beaming, shimmering, sparkling, scintillating, scintillant, coruscating, flashing, flaming, blazing, dazzling, irradiant …

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  • 30gloss — I n 1. shine, polish, luster, sheen, brightness, glitter, shimmer, glow, luminousness; glaze, varnish, veneer, lacquer, enamel, japan. 2. front, facade, camouflage, mask, disguise; pretense, masquerade, deceptive show, show, surface, semblance,… …

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