Candescent

Synonyms for "candescent" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

ablaze afire aflame aflicker aglow alight ardent beaming beamy blazing blushingbright and sunnyburning candent comburent

Adjective(2 words)

archaic atmospheric

Strong matches (25)

conflagrant flagrant flaming flaring flickering flushing fuming gleaming gleamy glinting glowing guttering ignescent ignited illuminantin a blazein a glowin flamesincandescent inflamed

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Adjective(4 words)

dated evocative glowing incandescent

Related words (42)

kindled lampinglight as daylive living luciferous lucific luciform luminant luminative luminiferous luminificent luminous lustrouson fireorient radiant reeking rutilant rutilous

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scintillant scintillating shining shiny smoking smoldering sparking starbright starlike starry streaming suffused sunny sunshiny unextinguished unquenched

Adjective(6 words)

luminous obsolete old-fashioned poetic radiant romantic

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More general

6 entries

adjectivearchaic termatmospheredescriptive termhistorical termquality

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5 entries

candlelight glowlighting termnostalgic candescent lightromantic candescent glowwarm glow

Collocations

6 entries

candescent atmospherecandescent glowcandescent lightcandescent radiancesoft candescent lightwarm candescent glow

Inflections

2 entries

more candescentmost candescent

Derivations

2 entries

candesce candescence

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Sample sentences

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By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder.

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