Synonyms & related words for illumination

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of illumination — including light, floodlighting, brightness, luminosity, incandescence, radiance. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to illumination

Explore words related to illumination — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include illuminance, illuminative, illumining, illuminated, candescent, floodlighted, illuminates, illuminator. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for illumination

Common synonyms for illumination include light, floodlighting, brightness, luminosity, incandescence, radiance, sidelight, elucidation — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does illumination come from?

The word illumination breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root lumin-, from Latin lumen (“light”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.