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Synonyms for shine
ʃaɪnshine
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Wiktionary
shinenoun
To emit light.
Synonyms:
refulgency, beam, glow, radiate, effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, radianceshineverb
To reflect light.
shinenoun
Excellence in quality or appearance.
My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shined at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.
Synonyms:
excel, splendor, brillianceshineverb
Shoeshine.
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shoeshineshinenoun
To polish (something).
He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
shineverb
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
Synonyms:
moonshine
English Synonyms and Antonyms
shine
Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.
Synonyms:
blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinklingAntonyms:
blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow
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Princeton's WordNet
radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgencyverb
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
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refulgence, refulgency, effulgence, radiance, glow, glowing, radiancyreflect, shineverb
be bright by reflecting or casting light
"Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
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smooth, contemplate, speculate, radiate, strike, glisten, reflect, chew over, glitter, excogitate, gleam, beam, smoothen, mull over, think over, polish, ponder, muse, ruminate, glow, meditate, glint, fall, reverberate, mullshine, beamverb
emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
"The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
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smooth, beam, smoothen, polish, reflect, broadcast, glitter, air, gleam, transmit, strike, glint, fall, glisten, glow, send, radiateglitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb
be shiny, as if wet
"His eyes were glistening"
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smooth, beam, glimmer, peek, radiate, polish, reflect, glance, smoothen, glitter, gleam, strike, glint, fall, glisten, glowshineverb
be distinguished or eminent
"His talent shines"
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radiate, fall, glisten, glint, strike, beam, reflect, smoothen, gleam, polish, smooth, glow, glittershineverb
be clear and obvious
"A shining example"
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radiate, fall, glisten, glint, strike, beam, reflect, smoothen, gleam, polish, smooth, glow, glitterglow, beam, radiate, shineverb
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
"Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
Synonyms:
smooth, beam, reflect, diversify, ray, radiate, strike, burn, broadcast, smoothen, glitter, air, polish, gleam, transmit, glint, fall, glisten, glow, sendshineverb
throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
"Shine the light on that window, please"
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radiate, fall, glisten, glint, strike, beam, reflect, smoothen, gleam, polish, smooth, glow, glitterfall, shine, strikeverb
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
"Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
Synonyms:
reflect, settle, beam, excise, descend, fall down, lessen, decrease, hit, radiate, attain, return, glisten, fall upon, chance on, go down, take, diminish, flow, glow, strike, chance upon, move, come down, assume, devolve, coin, fall, walk out, impinge on, affect, run into, scratch, happen upon, glint, pass, smooth, gleam, accrue, mint, strickle, impress, hang, come across, take up, come to, come, expunge, come upon, precipitate, glitter, collide with, light upon, smoothen, light, discover, polishglow, beam, radiate, shineverb
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
"She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
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smooth, beam, reflect, diversify, ray, radiate, strike, burn, broadcast, smoothen, glitter, air, polish, gleam, transmit, glint, fall, glisten, glow, sendpolish, smooth, smoothen, shineverb
make (a surface) shine
"shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
Synonyms:
smooth, polish up, smoothen, polish, strike, reflect, glow, gleam, down, beam, fine-tune, glitter, brush up, refine, radiate, glint, fall, glisten, smooth out, round, round off
Editors Contribution
zazzle
to shine; to give off a strong glow
her enthusiastic personality can really zazzle when she is being her true self.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
shineverb
Synonyms:
beam, radiate, glitter, glisten, glow, blaze, be bright, be brilliant, emit rays of lightshineverb
Synonyms:
be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuousshinenoun
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fair weathershinenoun
Synonyms:
brightness, splendor, lustre, brilliancy, polish, glossshinenoun
Synonyms:
[colloquial, U. S.] liking, fancy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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How to use shine in a sentence?
I will speak out for the millions of children and young people whose voices have been silenced for far too long, i will shine a light on the issues that vulnerable children and young people have suffered around the world including representing them at places where they haven't yet had a seat at the table and most of all, I will make sure children and young people know their rights.
The prospect of Russia funneling money to U.S. environmental groups to do Russia’s bidding and actively oppose U.S. energy is a dangerous form of interference in our politics, it is time to shine a light on how and why green energy groups undermine American energy dominance, destroy American jobs, and weaken America on the world stage.
I love Original Series at Netflix when people of our culture shine, original Series at Netflix's just a good thing for, you know,' la gente.' The world needs more of that -- not at the expense of anyone else -- but I want us as a people to feel the pride in who we are and what we do.
I thought if I could drown the crowd out I would slow him up a little bit, the first round I silenced the Australians a little bit and let the Kiwis shine.
There has been and will continue to be skepticism. Is this real? Are you just doing this for the cameras? No, it's real. And we're going to continue to be here rain or shine because I know that if we can change the fortunes of this neighborhood, we can do it anywhere in the city, we will move as fast as the trust builds.
Translations for shine
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- لمعArabic
- brillantor, lluentor, lluir, lluïssor, brillarCatalan, Valencian
- svítitCzech
- disgleirioWelsh
- skinne, glimte, brillans, lyse, stråle, glimre, brillere, skin, glans, pudse, polere, blankeDanish
- Brillanz, Glanz, leuchten, Schein, Bravour, scheinen, glänzen, polieren, bohnernGerman
- ακτινοβολώGreek
- poluro, briliEsperanto
- brillo, brillar, lucirSpanish
- درخششPersian
- loiste, paiste, kirkkaus, valo, loistaa, paistaa, loistavuus, kiiltää, paistaa silmään, loistokkuus, hohde, hohtaa, helottaa, loisteliaisuus, erottua, kiillottaa, puleerataFinnish
- éclat, briller, luireFrench
- deàlraich, boillsg, deàrrs, lìomhScottish Gaelic
- brillo, brillantez, brillar, lucir, coruscar, resplandecer, relucirGalician
- चमकHindi
- ragyogHungarian
- փայլել, փայլArmenian
- brillarInterlingua
- bersinarIndonesian
- lumarIdo
- ljómaIcelandic
- risplendere, splendere, brillareItalian
- 輝き, 卓越, 輝く, 目立つ, 照らす, 光, 光る, 磨くJapanese
- 비치다, 비추다, 빛나다Korean
- nitere, emineo, anteeo, antecedo, excello, lūceō, polio, expolio, levigo, tergeo, luceatLatin
- schéngenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šviestiLithuanian
- straling, bravoure, stralen, glanzen, voor de hand liggen, schijn, glans, uitmuntendheid, schijnen, blinken, uitblinken, polieren, opblinkenDutch
- lusejar, lusirOccitan
- esplendor, brilhar, cintilar, sobressair, brilho, luzir, resplandecer, lustrar, polirPortuguese
- k'anchay, illay, llimphiyQuechua
- tarlischar, glüschir, traglischar, glischar, glischear, targlischierRomansh
- strălucire, luciu, luci, lumina, lustru, străluci, lustruiRomanian
- свет, сияние, светить, сиять, блестеть, блеск, светиться, блистать, полировать, чиститьRussian
- lúgere, luxi, lúchereSardinian
- sijati, svetitiSlovene
- glans, finish, stråla, reflektera, glänsa, sken, polish, lysa, skina, blänka, lysande, lysa i ögonen, putsa, poleraSwedish
- பிரகாசம்Tamil
- ప్రకాశము, మెరుపు, మెరియు, వెలిగిపోవు, ప్రకాశించుTelugu
- parlatmakTurkish
- چمکنا, جگمگانا, جهلملانا, چمکUrdu
- soi sáng, tỏa sáng, chiếu sángVietnamese
- 闪耀Chinese
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