This man is a luminary.
Source: tatoeba (9870204)
Luminary
//ˈluːmɪn(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "luminary" (91 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
12 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- светило noun (body that gives light)
Dutch
4 entries- hemellichaam noun (body that gives light)
- lichtbron noun (artificial light)
- lichtend voorbeeld noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- ster noun (body that gives light)
French
4 entries- astre noun (body that gives light)
- luminaire noun (body that gives light)
- luminaire noun (artificial light)
- lumière noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
Galician
1 entries- luceiro noun (body that gives light)
German
1 entries- Lichtgestalt noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
Hebrew
1 entries- מאור noun (body that gives light)
Italian
1 entries- luminario noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
Latin
3 entries- lux noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- lux noun (body that gives light)
- lux noun (artificial light)
Latvian
4 entries- gaismeklis noun (body that gives light)
- gaismeklis noun (artificial light)
- slavenība noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- spīdekle noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
Lithuanian
2 entries- šviesulys noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- šviesulys noun (body that gives light)
Māori
3 entries- raiti noun (artificial light)
- rama noun (artificial light)
- tūrama noun (artificial light)
Russian
3 entries- све́точ noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- свети́ло noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- свети́ло noun (body that gives light)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- svetla tačka noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- svijetla točka noun (one who is an inspiration to others)
- svjetlilo noun (body that gives light)
Spanish
2 entries- alumbrado noun (artificial light)
- luminaria noun (artificial light)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
No less a luminary than Isaac Newton turned his attention to this question.
Source: tatoeba (11485772)
In ways befitting an intellectual luminary, for Mr. Jackson was awarded the prestigious, $25 million MacArthur "genius" grant, he takes the conversation in a hundred directions, not all of which the uninitiated listener can follow.
Source: tatoeba (12166841)
She is a true luminary in the world of art.
Source: tatoeba (12865859)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.