light
Roget category 420
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
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#420.
Light
noun
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.
verb
shine,
glow,
glitter —
glister,
glisten —
twinkle,
gleam —
flare,
flare up —
glare,
beam,
shimmer,
glimmer,
flicker,
sparkle,
scintillate,
coruscate,
flash,
blaze —
be bright
etc.
adj. —
reflect light,
daze,
dazzle,
bedazzle,
radiate,
shoot out beams —
fulgurate.
clear up,
brighten.
lighten,
enlighten —
levin† —
light,
light up —
irradiate,
shine upon —
give out a light,
hang out a light —
cast light upon,
cast light in,
throw light upon,
throw light in,
shed light upon,
shed luster upon —
illume†,
illumine,
illuminate —
relume†,
strike a light —
kindle
etc.
(set fire to)
384.
adjective
shining
etc.
v. —
luminous,
luminiferous† —
lucid,
lucent,
luculent†,
lucific†,
luciferous —
light,
lightsome —
bright,
vivid,
splendent†,
nitid†,
lustrous,
shiny,
beamy†,
scintillant†,
radiant,
lambent —
sheen,
sheeny —
glossy,
burnished,
glassy,
sunny,
orient,
meridian —
noonday,
tide —
cloudless,
clear —
unclouded,
unobscured†.
gairish†,
garish —
resplendent,
transplendent† —
refulgent,
effulgent —
fulgid†,
fulgent† —
relucent†,
splendid,
blazing,
in a blaze,
ablaze,
rutilant†,
meteoric,
phosphorescent —
aglow.
bright as silver —
light as day,
bright as day,
light as noonday,
bright as noonday,
bright as the sun at noonday.
actinic —
photogenic,
graphic —
heliographic —
heliophagous†.
phrase
a day for gods to stoop and men to soar"
[Tennyson];
dark with excessive bright"
[Milton].
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