Radiance

Antonyms for radiance:

darkness, blackness.

Synonyms for radiance:

Sense 1

half-light, brilliancy, UVB, sheen, overexposure, luminary, brilliance, Uva, lighting.

Sense 2

contrast, glimmer, chink, twinkle, shimmer, luminosity.

Sense 3

glint, sparkle.

Sense 4

flicker.

Sense 5

glitter.

Sense 6

pool.

Sense 7

beam, flood.

Sense 8

spark, fire, shaft.

Sense 12

flash.

Sense 15

light.

aura

nimbus.

brightness

luster.

corona

halo.

grandeur

magnificence.

luminosity

iridescence.

moonlight

moonshine.

moonshine

moonlight.

reflection

irradiation.

splendor

glory.

Other synonyms and related words:

glowing, flash, beam, luminary, flare, refulgence, light, shine, twinkle, halo, overexposure, freshness, shimmer, sparkle, fluorescence, effulgence, sheen, glimmer, refulgency, lighting, brilliancy, glory, iridescence, luminance, luminosity, irradiation, fire, brilliance, pool, glow, dazzle, magnificence, moonshine, ray, spark, gleaming, incandescence, glitter, luster, brightness, glare, nimbus, illumination, glint, lustrousness, lambency, luminescence, radiancy, blaze, chink, half-light, moonlight, luminousness, gleam.

Sense 1 (noun)

flash, flicker, twinkle, glitter, sparkle.

Sense 2 (noun)

brilliance, brilliancy, luminosity, fire, light.

beam (noun)

ray.

beauty (noun)

elegance, loveliness, fairness, picturesqueness, shapeliness, gracefulness, charm, sublimity, attractiveness, superbness, Splendidness, resplendence, refinement, Sightliness, exquisiteness, pleasingness, glamour, Bonniness, comeliness, beauty, handsomeness, prettiness, splendor, gorgeousness.

brightness (noun)

brilliance, light.

brightness, luminescence (noun)

glare, light, brilliance, effulgence, incandescence, glitter, luster, resplendence, luminosity, gleam, glow, shine.

light (noun)

irradiation, refulgence.

luminosity (noun)

iridescence.

moonlight (noun)

luminescence.

moonshine (noun)

moonlight.

radiance (noun)

refulgency, glow, shine, refulgence, glowing, radiancy, effulgence.

Usage examples for radiance:

• Description, however, I must give, for want of anything better, since, even if I possessed a living specimen, I could not exhibit its living radiance to all my readers: therefore, pray pay attention to the details, and imagine. - "The Romance of Natural History, Second Series", Philip Henry Gosse.
• Yet, as I closed the door behind me and stood in that softly brilliant radiance, a shudder shook me from head to foot with the violence of an electric shock. - "The Thing from the Lake", Eleanor M. Ingram.
• Then the rich but subdued lighting of the chancel and finally the brilliant radiance shining on the angel. - "Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act", Elizabeth Apthorp McFadden.