The waiting car was big and black and shiny.
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Shiny
//ˈʃaɪ.ni//
Synonyms for "shiny" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
nonpollutedof cleanly habitsorientpolishedpureradiantritually purerubbedrutilantrutiloussatinyscintillatingsheenyshellackedshimmeringshimmeryshinedshiningsilkensilky
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silversleekslicksmoothsmut-freesmutlesssparklingspotlessstainlessstarbrightstarlikestarrystreamingsuffusedsunnysunshinysweettahartubbedtwinklingunadulteratedunbesmirchedunblemishedunblottedundefiledunmuddiedunpollutedunsmirchedunsmudgedunsoiledunspottedunstainedunsullieduntainteduntarnishedvarnishedvelvetywell-scrubbedwell-washedwhitewhitened
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9 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بَرَّاق adj (reflecting light)
- لَامِع adj (reflecting light)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- parlaq adj (reflecting light)
Bashkir
1 entries- ялтыр adj (reflecting light)
Bulgarian
3 entries- блестящ adj (reflecting light)
- блестящ adj (excellent)
- светещ adj (emitting light)
Catalan
3 entries- brillant adj (emitting light)
- brillant adj (excellent)
- lluent adj (reflecting light)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 出众 adj (excellent)
- 有光澤的 /有光泽的 adj (reflecting light)
- 閃光的 /闪光的 adj (emitting light)
Dutch
2 entries- glanzend adj (reflecting light)
- glimmend adj (reflecting light)
Finnish
3 entries- kiiltävä adj (reflecting light)
- loistava adj (emitting light)
- loistava adj (excellent)
French
2 entries- brillant adj (reflecting light)
- brillant adj (emitting light)
Galician
2 entries- brillante adj (emitting light)
- relucente adj (reflecting light)
German
4 entries- funkelnd adj (emitting light)
- glänzend adj (reflecting light)
- leuchtend adj (emitting light)
- wunderbar adj (excellent)
Hindi
4 entries- उत्कृष्ट adj (excellent)
- चमकीला adj (reflecting light)
- चमकीला adj (emitting light)
- श्रेष्ठ adj (excellent)
Irish
1 entries- lonrach adj (reflecting light)
Italian
4 entries- brillante adj (emitting light)
- brillante adj (excellent)
- luccicante adj (reflecting light)
- luminoso adj (emitting light)
Jarai
1 entries- lơluih adj (reflecting light)
Khmer
1 entries- ភ្លឺចាំង adj (reflecting light)
Latvian
4 entries- dzidrs adj (reflecting light)
- gaišs adj (reflecting light)
- spodrs adj (reflecting light)
- spožs adj (reflecting light)
Mongolian
1 entries- гөлгөр adj (reflecting light)
Māori
1 entries- whero adj (reflecting light)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- چیل adj (reflecting light)
- چیل adj (emitting light)
Persian
1 entries- درخشان adj (reflecting light)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- blank adj (reflecting light)
- blenkjrich adj (reflecting light)
Polish
1 entries- błyszczący adj (reflecting light)
Portuguese
2 entries- brilhante adj (emitting light)
- reluzente adj (reflecting light)
Romanian
1 entries- strălucitor adj (reflecting light)
Russian
1 entries- блестя́щий adj (reflecting light)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gleansach adj (reflecting light)
Spanish
3 entries- brillante adj (emitting light)
- refulgente adj (reflecting light)
- reluciente adj (reflecting light)
Swedish
3 entries- glittrande adj (reflecting light)
- lysande adj (emitting light)
- skinande adj (reflecting light)
Turkish
4 entries- fevkalade adj (excellent)
- olağanüstü adj (excellent)
- parlak adj (reflecting light)
- ışıldayan adj (emitting light)
Unami
1 entries- sapële adj (reflecting light)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bóng adj (reflecting light)
Waigali
1 entries- pëlëkënë adj (reflecting light)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The seat of his pants is shiny.
Source: tatoeba (285369)
She decorated her notebook with gum wrappers so the cover was all shiny.
Source: tatoeba (718042)
I had never seen such a shiny star.
Source: tatoeba (1334625)
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