Moonlit

Quick meaning: Moonlit is an adjective meaning Lit by moonlight.

Meaning

Lit by moonlight.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: moonful

People dispersed under a moonlit sky, with many saying they would return when the legislature resumes next week.

But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

Word Forms

• moon-lit

Synonyms for moonlit

Depending on context, synonyms include moonlighted, moonlight, moonshiny, moonful, moony.

Antonyms for moonlit

Common opposites include moonless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moony, moonlighted, moonbathed, moonshiny, moonlitten, starlit.

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