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sunshine
noun
1 sunshine
The rays of the sun.
synonyms: sun, sunlight.
Roget 420:
light,
ray,
beam,
stream,
gleam,
streak,
pencil;
sunbeam,
moonbeam;
aurora.
day;
sunshine;
light of day,
light of heaven;
moonlight,
starlight,
sunlight
etc.
(luminary)
432;
daylight,
broad daylight,
noontide light;
noontide,
noonday,
noonday sun.
glow
etc.
v.;
glimmering
etc.
v.;
glint;
play of light,
flood of light;
phosphorescence,
lambent flame.
flush,
halo,
glory,
nimbus,
aureola.
spark,
scintilla;
facula;
sparkling
etc.
v.;
emication†,
scintillation,
flash,
blaze,
coruscation,
fulguration†;
flame
etc.
(fire)
382;
lightning,
levin†,
ignis fatuus [Lat.],
etc.
(luminary)
423.
luster,
sheen,
shimmer,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
gloss,
tinsel,
spangle,
brightness,
brilliancy,
splendor;
effulgence,
refulgence;
fulgor†,
fulgidity†;
dazzlement†,
resplendence,
transplendency†;
luminousness
etc.
adj.;
luminosity;
lucidity;
renitency†,
nitency†;
radiance,
radiation;
irradiation,
illumination.
actinic rays,
actinism;
Roentgen-ray,
Xray;
photography,
heliography;
photometer
etc.
445.
[Science of light]
optics;
photology†,
photometry;
dioptrics†,
catoptrics†.
[Distribution of light]
chiaroscuro,
clairobscur†,
clear obscure,
breadth,
light and shade,
black and white,
tonality.
reflection,
refraction,
dispersion;
refractivity.
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Dutch: zonlicht, daglicht, zon, zonnelicht, zonneschijn, zonnetje
Polish: słońce
2 sunshine
Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities.
synonyms: fair weather, temperateness.
Roget 734:
prosperity,
welfare,
well-being;
affluence
etc.
(wealth)
803;
success
etc.
731;
thrift,
roaring trade;
good fortune,
smiles of fortune;
blessings,
godsend.
luck;
good luck,
run of luck;
sunshine;
fair weather,
fair wind;
palmy days,
bright days,
halcyon days;
piping times,
tide,
flood,
high tide.
Saturnia regna [Lat.],
Saturnian age;
golden time,
golden age;
bed of roses,
fat city [Coll.];
fat of the land,
milk and honey,
loaves and fishes.
made man,
lucky dog,
enfant gate [Fr.],
spoiled child of fortune.
upstart,
parvenu,
skipjack†,
mushroom.
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3 sunshine
The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.
synonyms: cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness.
Roget 827:
pleasure,
gratification,
enjoyment,
fruition;
oblectation,
delectation,
delection†;
relish,
zest;
gusto
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
satisfaction
etc.
(content)
831;
complacency.
well-being;
good
etc.
618;
snugness,
comfort,
ease;
cushion
etc.
215;
sans souci [Fr.],
without worry,
mind at ease.
joy,
gladness,
delight,
glee,
cheer,
sunshine;
cheerfulness
etc.
836.
treat,
refreshment;
amusement
etc.
840;
luxury
etc.
377.
mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]
[Juvenal],
a sound mind in a sound body.
happiness,
felicity,
bliss;
beatitude,
beautification;
enchantment,
transport,
rapture,
ravishment,
ecstasy;
summum bonum [Lat.];
paradise,
elysium
etc.
(heaven)
981;
third heaven†,
seventh heaven,
cloud nine;
unalloyed happiness
&c.;
hedonics†,
hedonism.
honeymoon;
palmy days,
halcyon days;
golden age,
golden time;
Dixie,
Dixie's land;
Saturnia regna [Lat.],
Arcadia†,
Shangri-La,
happy valley,
Agapemone†.
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Dutch: vrolijkheid
Polish: pogodność
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