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Synonyms for enlightening
en·light·en·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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, instructiveAntonyms:
unenlightening, unilluminatingedifying, 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, illuminatingAntonyms:
unenlightening, unilluminating
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "enlightening":
instructive, illuminating, informative, insightful, edifying, illustrative, inspiring, revealing
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8567 | informative | |
#12725 | inspiring | |
#13047 | revealing | |
#14663 | insightful | |
#22104 | illustrative | |
#27488 | illuminating | |
#32402 | enlightening | |
#32975 | instructive | |
#79629 | edifying | |
#324149 | informatory |
How to use enlightening in a sentence?
We have been trying to get the correct information to the community because they are swimming in pools of misinformation and they're buying it, so I'm enlightening them on the facts and making sure they get the correct information that can battle their conspiracy theories.
At least [ fans ] are able to leave their own world behind for a few hours, and hopefully, they can have something they can take away that is enlightening and inspiring.
Why in the world anyone would look at an interview with George as being anything enlightening or having a modicum of truth, I don't know, but that's just me.
I believe that what was absolutely enlightening -- and should be deeply troubling to the entire American public -- is that he made a decision and didn't review the evidence, no prosecutor worth her salt would make a decision about whether the president of the United States was involved in obstruction of justice without reviewing the evidence.
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.
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