Word Meanings - SHINY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SHINY)

• Glabrous
• Smooth
• polished
• bald
• shiny
• sleek
• glacial
• glassy
• Slick
• Glossy
• velvety
• satin
• silken
• smooth

Related words: (words related to SHINY)

• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• SATIN WEAVE
  A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
• SATINETTE
  One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• GLACIALIST
  One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.
• SMOOTH
  1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• SLICKENS
  The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• GLABROUS
  Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
• POLISHED
  Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
• SLICKER
  A waterproof coat.
• SATINY
  Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
• SATIN
  A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface. Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. Chaucer. Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. --
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• SLICK
  A wide paring chisel.
• POLISHABLE
  Capable of being polished.
• SILKEN
  1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil. 2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak. 3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.
• SMOOTHER
  One who, or that which, smooths.
• REPOLISH
  To polish again.
• SUNSHINY
  1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day. 2. Bright like the sun; resplendent. Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. Spenser. 3. Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. "Her sunshiny face." Spenser.
• DEPOLISHING
  The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.
• MOONSHINY
  Moonlight. I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.
• ISATIN
  An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.