N. smoothness, polish,
gloss,
lubricity,
lubrication, down,
velvet,
velure, silk,
satin,
velveteen, velour,
velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green,
asphalt, wood pavement,
flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin,
rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron,
burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish,
lapidary,
lapidary,
lapidarian V. smooth,
smoothen, plane,
file,
mow,
shave, level, roll,
macadamize, polish,
burnish,
calender,
glaze, iron, hot-press,
mangle,
lubricate Adj. smooth, polished, leiodermatous,
slick,
velutinous, even, level, plane,
sleek,
glossy,
silken,
silky,
lanate,
downy,
velvety,
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly
Phr. smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig
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. dimness, darkness, paleness &c. # (light color) 429, half light, demi-jour, partial shadow, partial eclipse, shadow of a shade,
glimmer, gliming,
nebulosity, cloud,
eclipse,
aurora,
dusk,
twilight, shades of evening,
crepuscule, cockshut time|, break of day,
daybreak,
dawn,
moonlight,
moonbeam,
moonglade,
moonshine,
starlight, owl's light,
candlelight,
rushlight, firelight, farthing candle
V. be dim, grow dim,
flicker,
twinkle,
glimmer,
loom, lower,
fade, pale, pale its ineffectual fire, render dim,
dim,
bedim, obscure,
darken, tone down
Adj. dim, dull,
lackluster,
dingy,
darkish, shorn of its beams, dark 421,
faint, shadowed forth,
glassy,
cloudy,
misty,
blear, muggy|,
fuliginous,
nebulous,
nebular, obnubilated, overcast,
crepuscular,
muddy,
lurid,
leaden,
dun,
dirty,
looming, pale, confused
N. transparence,
transparency,
clarity,
translucence,
translucency,
diaphaneity,
lucidity,
pellucidity,
limpidity,
fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal,
lymph,
vitrite, water
V. be transparent, transmit light
Adj. transparent,
pellucid,
lucid,
diaphanous,
translucent, tralucent|,
relucent,
limpid, clear,
serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous,
transpicuous,
glassy,
hyaline,
hyaloid, vitreform
N. achromatism,
decoloration,
discoloration,
pallor,
pallidness,
pallidity, paleness,
etiolation, neutral tint,
monochrome, black and white
V. lose color,
fade, fly, go, become colorless, turn pale, pale, deprive of color,
decolorize,
bleach,
tarnish,
achromatize,
blanch,
etiolate, wash out, tone down
Adj. uncolored &c. (see color ), colorless,
achromatic,
aplanatic,
etiolate,
etiolated,
hueless, pale,
pallid, palefaced,
tallow-faced,
faint, dull, cold,
muddy,
leaden,
dun,
wan,
sallow, dead,
dingy,
ashy,
ashen,
ghastly,
cadaverous,
glassy,
lackluster, discolored, light-colored, fair,
blond, white, pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse
