Enlightening — synonyms, enlightening antonyms, definition

1. enlightening (a)

bright brilliant clever cultural didactic edifying educational elucidating explanatory humanizing illuminant illuminating illuminative illumining informative instructional instructive intelligent luminous refining • • •

2. enlightening (Adjective)

unenlightening

enlightening (Adjective) — Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance. ex. "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"

enlightening (Adjective) — Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement. ex. "the paintings in the church served an enlightening purpose even for those who could not read"

3. enlightening (Verb)

clearing clearing up crystalising crystalizing crystallising crystallizing irradiating shedding light on sorting out straightening out

enlightening (Verb) — Make understand. ex. "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

enlightening (Verb) — Give spiritual insight to; in religion.

enlightening (Verb) — Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.

clarifying clearing up elucidating instructing learning prophesying teaching vaticinating