'Radiant' definitions:
Definition of 'radiant'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Radiant'
From: GCIDE
- Radiant \Ra"di*ant\, n.
- 1. (Opt.) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geom.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Astron.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Radiant'
From: GCIDE
- Radiant \Ra"di*ant\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*ant), a. [L. radians, -antis, p. pr. of radiare to emit rays or beams, fr. radius ray: cf. F. radiant. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.]
- 1. Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun. [1913 Webster]
- Mark what radiant state she spreads. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Her.) Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Bot.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Physics) Emitted or transmitted by radiation; as, a radiant energy; radiant heat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Radiant energy (Physics), energy given out or transmitted by radiation, as in the case of light and radiant heat.
- Radiant heat, heat proceeding in right lines, or directly from the heated body, after the manner of light, in distinction from heat conducted or carried by intervening media.
- Radiant point. (Astron.) See Radiant, n., 3. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'radiant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- aerolite,
- aglow,
- alight,
- all-knowing,
- all-powerful,
- all-seeing,
- all-wise,
- almighty,
- arbor,
- axis,
- axle,
- axle bar,
- axle shaft,
- axle spindle,
- axle-tree,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- blazing,
- blessed,
- blissful,
- blithe,
- blithesome,
- blooming,
- blushing,
- bolide,
- boundless,
- bright,
- bright and sunny,
- brilliant,
- bubbling,
- bubbly,
- burning,
- candescent,
- capering,
- changeless,
- charismatic,
- cheerful,
- cheery,
- chirping,
- chondrite,
- coruscating,
- cosmic dust,
- creating,
- creative,
- dancing,
- dazzling,
- delighted,
- devastating,
- distaff,
- divine,
- ecstatic,
- effulgent,
- elated,
- eternal,
- eternally the same,
- eupeptic,
- euphoric,
- everlasting,
- exalted,
- exhilarated,
- exultant,
- fireball,
- flushed,
- flushed with joy,
- flushing,
- fulcrum,
- fulgent,
- gay,
- genial,
- gimbal,
- glad,
- gladsome,
- glamorous,
- gleaming,
- gleamy,
- gleeful,
- glinting,
- glistening,
- glittering,
- glorious,
- glossy,
- glowing,
- good,
- gorgeous,
- gudgeon,
- hallowed,
- happy,
- heavenly,
- high,
- highest,
- hinge,
- hingle,
- holy,
- hopeful,
- hub,
- illuminant,
- illustrious,
- immortal,
- immutable,
- in good spirits,
- in heaven,
- in high spirits,
- in seventh heaven,
- incandescent,
- infinite,
- irradiative,
- irrepressible,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- jubilant,
- just,
- killing,
- lambent,
- lamping,
- laughing,
- leaping,
- light as day,
- limitless,
- loving,
- lucent,
- luciferous,
- lucific,
- luciform,
- luminant,
- luminative,
- luminiferous,
- luminificent,
- luminous,
- lustrous,
- magic,
- majestic,
- making,
- mandrel,
- merciful,
- meteor,
- meteor crater,
- meteor dust,
- meteor shower,
- meteor swarm,
- meteor trail,
- meteor train,
- meteoric shower,
- meteorite,
- meteoroid,
- meteorolite,
- micrometeorite,
- micrometeoroid,
- nave,
- numinous,
- oarlock,
- of good cheer,
- omnipotent,
- omnipresent,
- omniscient,
- on cloud nine,
- one,
- optimistic,
- orient,
- overjoyed,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- phosphorescent,
- pin,
- pintle,
- pivot,
- pleasant,
- pole,
- purring,
- radiant point,
- rapturous,
- raving,
- ravishing,
- refulgent,
- resplendent,
- rhapsodic,
- riant,
- rosy,
- rowlock,
- rutilant,
- rutilous,
- sacred,
- sanguine,
- sanguineous,
- scintillating,
- shaping,
- shimmering,
- shining,
- shiny,
- shooting star,
- siderite,
- siderolite,
- singing,
- smiling,
- smirking,
- sovereign,
- sparkling,
- spindle,
- splendent,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- splendrous,
- starbright,
- starlike,
- starry,
- starry-eyed,
- streaming,
- stunning,
- sublime,
- suffused,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- supreme,
- swivel,
- tektite,
- thrice happy,
- timeless,
- trunnion,
- twinkling,
- ubiquitous,
- unbounded,
- unchanging,
- undefined,
- unlimited,
- winsome