enlightening

enlightening is a 12-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 22 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

   "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"

   Synonyms: edifying

2. adjective. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

   "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"

   "an illuminating lecture"

   Synonyms: illuminating, informative

Synonyms

edifying, illuminating, informative

Common word forms

enlighten, enlighteningly

Words from these letters

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