Synonyms for enlightening
en·light·en·ing

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1. enlightening, informative, illuminatingadjective

   tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

   "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

   Synonyms:
   informative, edifying, informatory, illuminating, instructive

   Antonyms:
   unenlightening, unilluminating

2. edifying, enlighteningadjective

   enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

   "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"

   Synonyms:
   informative, edifying, illuminating

   Antonyms:
   unenlightening, unilluminating

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1. List of paraphrases for "enlightening":

   instructive, illuminating, informative, insightful, edifying, illustrative, inspiring, revealing

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How to use enlightening in a sentence?

1. Jenny Beth Martin:

   It will be very enlightening to see the content of the emails as (the inspector general) continues the investigation.

2. Adam Smith:

   What our maximum pressure campaign has done in terms of achieving our objectives, I have not seen, it was not very enlightening from what they said in there in terms of how it's going to progress ... how our actions are going to force the changes we're looking for.

3. Deane Jordan:

   The Statue of Liberty is not that monument's name. It is Liberty Enlightening the World.

4. Smithb82:

   Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video to make your point. You clearly know what youre talking about, why throw away your intelligence on just posting videos to your weblog when you could be giving us something enlightening to read? kaaebceebfbkbaad

5. Paul Dergarabedian:

   He’s very much tuned into the indie world and the specialized film vibe, it’s just a way to get out the kind of edgy, interesting and sometimes enlightening content that these films sometimes provide.