Radiant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Radiant is an adjective meaning Radiating light and/or heat.
Meaning
Radiating light and/or heat.
More Meanings
- Emitted as radiation.
- (figurative) Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
- (figurative) Strikingly beautiful.
- Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
- (heraldry, of a bearing) Giving off rays.
- A point source from which radiation is emitted.
- (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Example Sentences
a radiant face
the radiant sun
the sun radiant
a crown radiant
Word Forms
- radient
- radiants
Synonyms for radiant
Depending on context, synonyms include bright, beaming, refulgent, effulgent, beamy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bright, beamy, effulgent, refulgent, beaming, irradiated.
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