'Illuminating' definitions:
Definition of 'illuminating'
From: WordNet
adjective
Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening, informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening, unilluminating]
Definition of 'Illuminating'
From: GCIDE
- Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a. Giving or producing light; used for illumination. [1913 Webster]
- Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 (a) . [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Illuminating'
From: GCIDE
- Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuminating.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.]
- 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'illuminating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorizing,
- annotative,
- autodidactic,
- brightening,
- clarifying,
- coeducational,
- critical,
- cultural,
- demonstrative,
- demythologizing,
- didactic,
- disciplinary,
- edifying,
- editorial,
- educating,
- educational,
- educative,
- elucidative,
- enlightening,
- euhemeristic,
- exegetic,
- exemplificative,
- exhortatory,
- explaining,
- explanatory,
- explicative,
- explicatory,
- expositive,
- expository,
- glossarial,
- homiletic,
- hortatory,
- illuminant,
- illuminative,
- illumining,
- illustrative,
- informative,
- initiatory,
- instructive,
- introductory,
- lecturing,
- lightening,
- lighting,
- preaching,
- preceptive,
- propaedeutic,
- rationalistic,
- rationalizing,
- scholiastic,
- self-teaching,
- teaching,
- tuitionary
Words containing 'Illuminating'
- Illuminable,
- Illuminant,
- Illuminate,
- Illuminated,
- Illumination,
- Illuminative,
- Illuminator,
- Illumine,
- Illuminer,
- Illuminism,
- Illuminize,
- Illuminized,
- Illuminizing,
- Illuminous,
- illuminance,
- Illuminating gas,
- Unit of illumination,
- illumination unit,
- source of illumination,
- ultraviolet illumination,
- dark field illumination,
- dark ground illumination