Light Roget’s Thesaurus §420 N. light, ray, beam, stream,
gleam,
streak, pencil,
sunbeam,
moonbeam,
aurora, day,
sunshine, light of day, light of heaven,
moonlight,
starlight, sun light,
daylight, broad daylight, noontide light,
noontide,
noonday, noonday sun,
glow,
glimmering,
glint, play of light, flood of light,
phosphorescence, lambent flame,
flush,
halo, glory,
nimbus,
aureola,
spark,
scintilla, facula,
sparkling, emication|,
scintillation,
flash,
blaze,
coruscation,
fulguration, flame,
lightning,
levin,
ignis fatuus,
&c. (luminary) 423,
luster,
sheen,
shimmer, reflexion,
reflection,
gloss,
tinsel,
spangle, brightness,
brilliancy,
splendor,
effulgence,
refulgence,
fulgor,
fulgidity,
dazzlement,
resplendence,
transplendency, luminousness,
luminosity,
lucidity, renitency|,
nitency,
radiance,
radiation,
irradiation,
illumination, actinic rays,
actinism, roentgen-ray, xray,
photography,
heliography,
photometer,
optics,
photology,
photometry,
dioptrics,
catoptrics,
chiaroscuro, clairobscur, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white,
tonality,
reflection, refraction,
dispersion, refractivity
V. shine,
glow,
glitter,
glister,
glisten,
twinkle,
gleam,
flare, flare up,
glare, beam,
shimmer,
glimmer,
flicker,
sparkle,
scintillate,
coruscate,
flash,
blaze, be bright, 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 Adj. shining, 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
Phr. "a day for gods to stoop and men to soar", "dark with excessive bright"
N. ostentation, display, show,
flourish,
parade, etalage,
pomp,
array, state,
solemnity,
dash,
splash,
splurge,
glitter,
strut,
pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off,
fuss,
magnificence,
splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick,
claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force,
chic, demonstration, flying colors,
tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets,
pageant,
pageantry,
spectacle, exhibition, exposition,
procession, turn out, set out, grand function, fte,
gala, field day, review, march past,
promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress,
tailoring,
millinery, man millinery,
frippery,
foppery,
equipage, ceremony,
ceremonial, ritual, form,
formality,
etiquette,
puncto,
punctilio,
punctiliousness, starched stateliness,
stateliness,
mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor,
attitudinarian,
fop V. be ostentatious, come forward, put oneself forward, attract attention, star it, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge, figure, figure away, make a show, make a display,
glitter, show off, show off one's paces,
parade, march past, display, exhibit, put forward, hold up, trot out, hand out,
sport,
brandish, blazon forth,
dangle, dangle before the eyes, cry up, proner,
flaunt,
emblazon,
prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed, put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon, clean the outside of the platter
Adj. ostentatious,
showy,
dashing,
pretentious,
janty,
jaunty, grand,
pompous,
palatial,
high-sounding,
turgid,
gairish,
garish,
gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip,
flaunting,
flashing, flaming,
glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent,
sumptuous,
theatrical, dramatic,
spectacular,
ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately,
majestic, formal, stiff,
ceremonious,
punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in sunday best, endimanch,
chic Adv. with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus
Phr. honores mutant mores
