'Luminous' definitions:
Definition of 'luminous'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Luminous'
From: GCIDE
- Luminous \Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. [1913 Webster]
- Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. [1913 Webster]
- Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." --Macaulay. " A luminous statement." --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
- Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. [1913 Webster] -- {Lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'luminous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- acute,
- aglow,
- alight,
- all-knowing,
- all-powerful,
- all-seeing,
- all-wise,
- almighty,
- apprehensible,
- bathed with light,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- bespangled,
- blushing,
- boundless,
- bright,
- bright and sunny,
- brightened,
- brilliant,
- burning,
- candescent,
- candlelit,
- changeless,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- clear-eyed,
- coherent,
- comprehensible,
- connected,
- consistent,
- creating,
- creative,
- crisp,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- dazzling,
- defined,
- definite,
- direct,
- discerning,
- distinct,
- effulgent,
- enlightened,
- eternal,
- eternally the same,
- everlasting,
- explicit,
- express,
- fathomable,
- firelit,
- fluorescent,
- flushing,
- fulgent,
- gaslit,
- gleaming,
- gleamy,
- glinting,
- glistening,
- glorious,
- glowing,
- good,
- graspable,
- hallowed,
- highest,
- holy,
- illuminant,
- illuminated,
- immortal,
- immutable,
- in a blaze,
- incandescent,
- incisive,
- infinite,
- intelligible,
- irradiate,
- irradiated,
- irradiative,
- just,
- keen,
- knowable,
- lambent,
- lamping,
- lamplit,
- lanternlit,
- light as day,
- lighted,
- lightened,
- limitless,
- limpid,
- lit,
- lit up,
- loud and clear,
- loving,
- lucent,
- lucid,
- luciferous,
- lucific,
- luciform,
- luminant,
- luminative,
- luminescent,
- luminiferous,
- luminificent,
- lustrous,
- majestic,
- making,
- merciful,
- moonlit,
- numinous,
- omnipotent,
- omnipresent,
- omniscient,
- one,
- orient,
- pellucid,
- penetrating,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- perspicacious,
- perspicuous,
- phosphorescent,
- plain,
- radiant,
- refulgent,
- resplendent,
- rutilant,
- rutilous,
- sacred,
- shaping,
- sharp,
- shimmering,
- shining,
- shiny,
- simple,
- sovereign,
- spangled,
- sparkling,
- specific,
- star-spangled,
- star-studded,
- starbright,
- starlike,
- starlit,
- starry,
- straightforward,
- streaming,
- studded,
- suffused,
- sunlit,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- supreme,
- timeless,
- tinseled,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- ubiquitous,
- unambiguous,
- unbounded,
- unchanging,
- unconfused,
- undefined,
- understandable,
- unequivocal,
- univocal,
- unlimited,
- unmistakable,
- well-defined