luminesce, v. shine, radiate, irradiate, glare, effulge; glow, phosphoresce, fluoresce, incandesce; glitter, twinkle, sparkle, flicker, flutter, scintillate, coruscate; gleam, glisten, glimmer, shimmer, Archaic, glister; flash, streak, glint, blink, dart, fulgurate.
luminescence, n. 1. illumination, luminosity, luminance, shining, beaming, glaring, incandescence, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency; radiation, irradiation, fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, glowing, ultraviolet, Physics, photoluminescence, Me-teorol. noctilucence.
2. light, daylight, sunshine, dayshine, sunlight, sun, starlight, moonlight; beam, sunbeam, shine, ray, shaft of light, glare, flash, glint; lamplight, All Elect, corposant, corona discharge, electric glow, St. Elmo's fire, brush discharge; gaslight, firelight, blaze; glow, radiance, radiancy, black light, luster, lambency; ignis fatuus, friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, jack-o'-lantern; aurora, aureole, aureola, corona, gleam, sparkle, twinkle, glitter, glimmer; All Meteorol. aurora borealis, aurora polaris, northern lights, aurora australis, southern lights.
luminescent, adj. luminous, luminiferous, lucifer-ous, lucent, lambent, effulgent, refulgent, fulgent; shining, sunshiny, sunny, beaming, beamy, beamish, bright, resplendent, radiant, glaring. See - luminous (def. 1).
luminosity, n. 1. luminance, luminescence, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency, refulgentness, fulgentness; incandescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, Physics, photoluminescence, Meteorol. noctilucence; radiance, radiancy, brilliance, brightness, shininess, lucency, splendor, resplendence, Rare, lucence, Archaic, fulgor.
2. genius, braininess, intelligence, intellect, wit, sharpness, keenness, quickness, mental acuity, intellectual or mental ability, Brit. Dial, wittiness; perspicacity, discernment, penetration, perceptivity, insight, sagacity, sagaciousness, cleverness, shrewdness; enlightenment, awareness, irradiation, erudition, knowledge, wiseness, sageness, savoir-vivre, worldliness.
3. bright spot, shining light or star, luminary, star, standout.
luminous, adj. 1. shining, bright, sunny, lighted, lit, alight, illuminated, well-lighted; radiant, lambent, resplendent, brilliant, dazzling, ablaze, aflame, afire; fulgent, effulgent, refulgent; lustrous, lucid, lucent, Rare, relucent; glowing, aglow, luminescent, luminiferous, incandescent, phosphorescent; shiny, glossy, gleaming, glaring, sheenful, sheeny, nitid, polished, burnished; sparkling, glittering, twinkling, shimmering; glimmering, glistening, Archaic, glistering, ruti-lant, fulgid.
2. intelligent, bright, gifted, brilliant, intellectual, cerebral; quick, clever, alert, clear-headed; perceptive, percipient, discerning, nimble-witted, sharp-witted, keen-witted; understanding, apprehending, comprehending, knowing, cognitive; sage, sapient, wise, judicious; profound, deep, penetrating, philosophical; scholarly, erudite, educated, learned, well-read, enlightened; acute, subtle, perspicacious; sagacious, shrewd, long-headed, hard-headed.