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adj. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

Fuzzynyms (14)

fluorescent, incandescent, luminescent

adj. emitting light

glowing, aglow, lambent, luminous, lucent

adj. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

beaming, beamy, effulgent, fulgent, radiant, refulgent

adj. radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"

Synonyms (11)

advisory, consultative, consultatory, consultive

adj. giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"

exemplifying, illustrative

adj. clarifying by use of examples

enlightening

adj. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

newsy

adj. full of news; "a newsy letter"

telling, revealing, telltale

adj. disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"

Antonyms (1)

unilluminating

adj. failing to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment"

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