Overview of verb illuminate

The verb illuminate has 3 senses

• light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate -- (make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit")


• clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault")


• illuminate -- (add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts))

Overview of adj illuminating

The adj illuminating has 1 sense

• enlightening, informative, illuminating -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture")