ILLUMINATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make lighter or brighter
   
   Synonym(s)
   • illume (what does illume mean?)
   • illumine (what does illumine mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • light up (what does light up mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • This lamp lightens the room a bit
   
   Hypernyms(s) illuminate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lighten (what does lighten mean?)
   • lighten up (what does lighten up mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • floodlight (what does floodlight mean?)
   • spotlight (what does spotlight mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • illumination (what does illumination mean?)
   • illuminance (what does illuminance mean?)
   • illumination (what does illumination mean?)
   • illuminant (what does illuminant mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • lighting (what does lighting mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • lightness (what does lightness mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • luminosity (what does luminosity mean?)
   • brightness (what does brightness mean?)
   • brightness level (what does brightness level mean?)
   • luminance (what does luminance mean?)
   • luminousness (what does luminousness mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • light source (what does light source mean?)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • visible light (what does visible light mean?)
   • visible radiation (what does visible radiation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make free from confusion or ambiguity
   • make clear
   
   Synonym(s)
   • clear (what does clear mean?)
   • clear up (what does clear up mean?)
   • crystalise (what does crystalise mean?)
   • crystalize (what does crystalize mean?)
   • crystallise (what does crystallise mean?)
   • crystallize (what does crystallize mean?)
   • elucidate (what does elucidate mean?)
   • enlighten (what does enlighten mean?)
   • shed light on (what does shed light on mean?)
   • sort out (what does sort out mean?)
   • straighten out (what does straighten out mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • Could you clarify these remarks?
   • Clear up the question of who is at fault
   
   Hypernyms(s) illuminate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clarify (what does clarify mean?)
   • clear up (what does clear up mean?)
   • elucidate (what does elucidate mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • lucidity (what does lucidity mean?)
   • clarity (what does clarity mean?)
   • lucidity (what does lucidity mean?)
   • pellucidity (what does pellucidity mean?)
   • clearness (what does clearness mean?)
   • limpidity (what does limpidity mean?)
   • elucidation (what does elucidation mean?)
   • clarification (what does clarification mean?)
   • elucidation (what does elucidation mean?)
   • illumination (what does illumination mean?)
   • clarification (what does clarification mean?)
   • elucidation (what does elucidation mean?)
   • illumination (what does illumination mean?)
3. Meaning
   • add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
   
   Hypernyms(s) illuminate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decorate (what does decorate mean?)
   • adorn (what does adorn mean?)
   • grace (what does grace mean?)
   • ornament (what does ornament mean?)
   • embellish (what does embellish mean?)
   • beautify (what does beautify mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • miniate (what does miniate mean?)
   • rubricate (what does rubricate mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • miniature (what does miniature mean?)
   • illumination (what does illumination mean?)
   
   Entail(s)
   • paint (what does paint mean?)