Synonyms of candescent

candescent

adjective

kan-ˈde-sᵊnt 

as in luminous

giving off or reflecting much light

the campers were transfixed by the candescent flames of their seashore fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• luminous
• shining
• glowing
• dazzling
• bright
• radiant
• flickering
• shiny
• incandescent
• shimmering
• gleaming
• lambent
• flashing
• refulgent
• glittering
• sparkling
• effulgent
• brilliant
• blazing
• glistening
• lucent
• lustrous
• fulgent
• burning
• splendid
• lucid
• beaming
• blinding
• flaming
• clear
• fiery
• sheeny
• bedazzling
• polished
• shined
• twinkling
• ardent
• glancing
• scintillant
• winking
• glaring
• scintillating
• flaring
• sunny
• shimmery
• red-hot
• glimmering
• burnished
• aglitter
• glistering
• gemmy
• combusting
• glinting
• agleam
• ablaze
• coruscant
• ultrabright
• superbright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• dull
• dark
• dusky
• blackened
• darkened
• unlit
• sombre
• obscure
• gloomy
• lackluster
• darkling
• lightless
• somber
• pitch-black
• pitch-dark
• dimmed
• darkish
• darksome
• obscured
• murky
• shadowy
• gray
• cloudy
• pale
• grey
• tenebrous
• unbright
• shady
• leaden
• unbrilliant
• sunless
• shadowlike
• palish