Definitions

sunshine

[suhn-shahyn] / ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn /

NOUN

day

Synonyms

STRONG

daylight daytime light sunlight

WEAK

astronomical day bright dawn-to-dark diurnal course early bright light of day mean solar day nautical day sidereal day sunrise-to-sunset working day

Antonyms

STRONG

darkness night

WEAK

evening

NOUN

daylight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dawn daytime sunlight

STRONG

aurora day daybreak light sunrise

WEAK

during the day light of day

Antonyms

STRONG

darkness night sunset

WEAK

evening

NOUN

light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulb candle daylight flash glare glow lamp lantern radiation ray star sun window

STRONG

aurora beacon blaze brightness brilliance brilliancy coruscation dawn daybreak daytime effulgence emanation flare gleam glimmer glint glitter illumination incandescence irradiation lambency lighthouse luminosity luster morn morning phosphorescence radiance refulgence scintillation sheen shine sparkle splendor sunbeam sunrise taper torch

WEAK

fulgor

Antonyms

STRONG

darkness dimness dullness eventide sundown sunset

WEAK

dark night obscurity

NOUN

LSD

Synonyms

STRONG

acid cubes dots drug hallucinogen microdots tabs

WEAK

California sunshine Lucy in the sky with diamonds Owsley Owsley's acid blotter acid blue heaven electric Kool-Aid instant Zen mellow yellows purple haze strawberry fields yellow sunshine

Example Sentences

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Radio 1's Big Weekend doesn't always promise sunshine.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

In 1973, Stevie Wonder had a No. 1 hit with the opening lyrics, “You are the sunshine of my life, that’s why I’ll always be around.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day,” Ayers told the Guardian in 2017, “And I just got this phrase in my head: ‘Everybody loves the sunshine.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

There will be sunshine at times but showers or longer spells of rain will feature in the week ahead.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

I was almost to the door that would take me out of the simulation building and into the sunshine.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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