What are some opposite words for illuminate?
Antonyms for illuminate
ɪˈlu məˌneɪtil·lu·mi·nate
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term illuminate.
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illuminateverb
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illumineilluminateverb
to shine light on something
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illumineilluminateverb
to decorate something with lights
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illumineilluminateverb
to clarify or make something understandable
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illumineilluminateverb
to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs
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illumineilluminateverb
To make spectacular
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illumineilluminateverb
to glow
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illumineilluminateverb
to be exposed to light
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illumine
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Princeton's WordNet
light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminateverb
make lighter or brighter
"This lamp lightens the room a bit"
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brighten, fire up, enlighten, get down, crystalize, clear up, ignite, shed light on, illumine, dismount, perch, sort out, clear, get off, elucidate, alight, crystallise, light up, straighten out, fall, light, crystallize, unhorse, crystalise, illumeclear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidateverb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
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discharge, earn, take in, classify, elucidate, illumine, unsnarl, pull in, wrap up, enlighten, sack, authorize, assoil, irradiate, shed light on, finish up, crystalise, see the light, light up, light, crystalize, make, polish off, crystallise, sort, tidy, gain, illume, mop up, clarify, correct, realise, finish off, edify, solve, exculpate, assort, unclutter, class, put right, pass, neaten, square away, effloresce, clean up, discipline, acquit, brighten, reform, authorise, separate, crystallize, clear up, bring in, exonerate, straighten out, sack up, top, clear, sort out, tidy up, realize, iron out, disentangle, get through, straighten, netilluminateverb
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
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crystallise, clear up, shed light on, sort out, crystalise, light up, crystalize, enlighten, illumine, light, straighten out, elucidate, crystallize, illume, clear
Editors Contribution
adumbrate
Submitted by acronimous on November 20, 2019
How to use illuminate in a sentence?
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.
Black holes have sparked imaginations for decades, they have exotic properties and are mysterious to us. Yet with more observations like this one they are yielding their secrets. This is why NSF exists. We enable scientists and engineers to illuminate the unknown, to reveal the subtle and complex majesty of our universe.
It did illuminate for the American people that we think this is a Republican Party that is really out of touch from where most Americans are, and shows that they don't have a lot of solutions for the problems that trouble people's lives, and it is important for people to know that and that is a win.
I have decided that I will no longer be executive producer on the untitled Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering documentary and it will not air on Apple TV+, first and foremost, I want it to be known that I unequivocally believe and support the women. Their stories deserve to be told and heard. In my opinion, there is more work to be done on the film to illuminate the full scope of what the victims endured, and it has become clear that the filmmakers and I are not aligned in that creative vision. The statement continued:.
Ephemeral emotions can be saved in the backyard of our memory. Beauty and poetry are stored in the mind and illuminate our thoughts. ( "Living life as a poem" )
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