Dictionary Entry
illuminate
illuminate is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
- 2transitive verb
To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
- 3transitive verb
To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
- 4transitive verb
To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.
- 5intransitive verb
To light up in token or rejoicing.
- 6adjective
Enlightened.
- 7noun
One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.
- 8verb
make lighter or brighter
"This lamp lightens the room a bit"
- 9verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Could you clarify these remarks?"
"Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- 10verb
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
Synonyms
Common word forms
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for ILLUMINATE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.