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Definitions

sunlit

[suhn-lit] / ˈsʌnˌlɪt /
ADJECTIVE
bright
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blazing brilliant dazzling flashing glistening glittering golden intense luminous radiant shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny vivid
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming burning burnished coruscating effulgent fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glossy illuminated illumined incandescent irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished relucent resplendent scintillating twinkling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy dark dim dull gloomy
WEAK
black depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky horrible murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising
ADJECTIVE
irradiant
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning burnished coruscating dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiated lambent light lighted limpid lucent luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
lucent
Synonyms
WEAK
ablaze aglow alight argent auroral beaming beamy blazing brilliant burning burnished coruscating dazzling effulgent flashing fulgent fulgid glaring gleaming glistening glittering glossy golden illuminated illumined incandescent intense irradiant irradiated lambent light lighted limpid luminous lustrous mirrorlike moonlit phosphorescent polished radiant refulgent relucent resplendent scintillating shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny twinkling vivid
ADJECTIVE
sunny
Synonyms
STRONGEST
brilliant luminous pleasant radiant
WEAK
clarion cloudless fine light rainless shining shiny summery sunshiny unclouded undarkened
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dark dim dull
WEAK
cloudy gloomy rainy stormy

Example Sentences

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Seven Scottish tries on a glorious sunlit afternoon at Murrayfield helped to blow the 2026 championship wide open with one round of fixtures remaining.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Guillermo del Toro renders this with a small sunlit vision: a hulking figure perched on a rooftop, savoring a loaf left out for the spirit the villagers imagine him to be.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

These single-celled algae, which contain chlorophyll, float in the sunlit layers of the sea and are coated with calcium carbonate plates known as coccoliths.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2025

The sunlit opening of French writer-director Louise Courvoisier’s punchy, sweet coming-of-age debut feature, “Holy Cow,” set in a cheese-making pocket of France’s Comté region, is a lively welcome.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

Usually what he saw was Nipper’s silhouette, a clear black cutout on the golden sunlit shade.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.