Word Meanings - LUMINOSITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LUMINOSITY)

• Effulgence
• Splendor
• lustre
• brilliancy
• luminosity

Related words: (words related to LUMINOSITY)

• LUSTRE
  See LUSTER
• SPLENDOR
  1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson. 2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." Shak. 3. Brilliancy;
• BRILLIANCY
  The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brighness, whether in a literal or figurative sense. With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought. Longfellow.
• LUMINOSITY
  The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
• EFFULGENCE
  The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor. The effulgence of his glory abides. Milton. The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie.
• LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE
  A want of luster. -- a.
• OUTLUSTER; OUTLUSTRE
  To excel in brightness or luster. Shak.
• LUSTERLESS; LUSTRELESS
  Destitute of luster; dim; dull.
• SPLENDROUS; SPLENDOROUS
  Splendid. Drayton.
• APLUSTRE
  An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.
• LUSTER; LUSTRE
  A period of five years; a lustrum. Both of us have closed the tenth luster. Bolingbroke.