illumination

illumination is a 12-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 20 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 14 · Words With Friends 20 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. noun. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. noun. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
4. transitive verb. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
5. transitive verb. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
6. transitive verb. The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.
7. noun. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

   Synonyms: miniature

8. noun. the luminous flux incident on a unit area

   Synonyms: illuminance

9. noun. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

   "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"

   Synonyms: clarification, elucidation

10. noun. the degree of visibility of your environment
11. noun. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

    "follow God's light"

    Synonyms: light

Synonyms

miniature, illuminance, clarification, elucidation, light

Common word forms

illuminations, illuminational

Words from these letters

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