Related Words Logo

Reverse Dictionary

examples: unpleasantly moist,  using pretentious words,  inhabitant of earth

Click words for definitions

bright fulgent refulgent effulgent lucent ashine resplendent brilliant splendent luminous twinkling lustrous shine radiant starry ardent glaring sheen beamy relucent lucid nitid agleam sheeny liquid luculent aglow sheer pheno- rutilant sparkling lurid gleam overshine glimmering transparent splendid aglimmer tinsel dazzling incandescent transparency raven shiny spang reflection illustrious rainbow alight golden lambent sparkly nimbus noctilucous elamping net smolt glittering
words continue after advertisement
wink out glitzy shade photosphere blazing fulgid interlucent stud starry-eyed thunderhead glow glossy gloss out sunny spangle halo lamping blinding irradiant shiny willow spark clear-shining argent interfulgent coruscant opaque aflicker inbeaming clear shimmer phosphorescent helichrysum moonshine sunshine beeswing starlike circumfulgent shiningness pellucid nitty gilded scintillating red-hot Sheerness profulgent bright-eyed micacious glassful silver subfulgent sunbow shiningly spit and polish sequin belladonna black die shoeshine liriodendron buff go out Sendero Luminoso intermication anthraquinone flagrant irradiance prefulgent crystalline illuminate glowing peacock expectation sunbeamy moon puka sleek nill polish extinguish ohelo iodine silvery hair grass glister moonstone glisten brightly wax plant overshadow King lacklustre grackle crystal constellate iridescent cornstalk weed lustred shone twinkle glitter radiance sparkle chink honesty beady scintillation bay willow glary blaze Lepisma silvery potato flea beetle swamp evergreen irradiate backlit serene glad dark of the moon ivy bugle dying fogbow Madeira vine evening star glittery glorious sunburst sunstrike glimmer hawthorn panne noctilucent put sth out rutilance shaft flaring Atlas beetle silvertop evergreen blueberry curtain ganoin oriflamme camellia the sun is in someone's eyes bishop's ring dim intermittent light sapphire the evening star autumn willow eyelight photochemical smog Rhodotypos wink brights uranium moonbow mirror carp light up the morning star shiner sericeous Liparis native laurel floating pearl-plant visor shingle oak satin flycatcher sugar apple lampshade polished black huckleberry Chimaphila bogwood bustic diorama sparkler Ochnaceae stroboscope opal laser printer bourbon black cottonwood beacon anethol douse Cotopaxi daylight porcino copper beech chicken grape Scleria leprosy coal-black alpine woodsia carbuncled overhead projector coix chrysomelid tiphia white mapau orange madroa great carpenter bee Chinese elm meteor trail Rapanea Eucryphia relucency Baily's beads moonlight Japanese laurel shellflower silvering saccharine Photinia Histeridae goldenback orient canna Liguus fire-hunting icefish firmament hawk camphor tree sprue olivella fiorite Scelionidae King, Stephen pond-lily solandra Chrysididae coprosma Kubrick Brewer blackbird amber Ungnadia galax glaze talc madrone magnificent bird of paradise Malabar nightshade nit grass blind sandbag rubber plant kumarahou Chrysomelidae Ephemeridae focused chrysoprase auroral devote Carabidae metallic varnish splint faculae coast live oak ganoid cascade indeterminable radioactive knight chivalrous pour obsidian alley silver protein remedy unrelated invigorated felicitous obelisk starring milky pale phenotype radium Coffea hectic

Popular Searches

to continueto createto change the subjectto doto deal withto draw outto draw attention toto do the right thingto draw into destroyto drain away from soilto delayto explainto eatto explain furtherto encourageto explain in detailto exaggerateto eat greedilyto evoke emotionto exposeto enterto followto figure outto findto fit into find yourselfto follow throughto follow a regular systemto force someone to do somethingto feel nothingto fill upto go in search ofto giveto grow light as the sun risesto go againstto go back and forthto go along withto give offto give backto haveto hold backto hideto help othersto have integrityto hide somethingto hold a grudgeto hand out

Words For "shining"

As you've probably noticed, words for "shining" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "shining" are: bright, fulgent, refulgent, effulgent, and lucent. There are 338 other words that are related to or similar to shining listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "shining" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.

Please note that Reverse Dictionary uses third party scripts (such as Google Analytics and advertisements) which use cookies. To learn more, see the privacy policy.

Recent Queries